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Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Need to Improve Visibility of Asian Americans: Chen
The White House is planning wider sanctions on China's tech sector with new regulations targeting subsidiaries of Chinese companies. This came shortly after President Trump commented that Beijing violated a tariff agreement without giving any specifics. The escalating US-China tensions that the discourse of Asian American, Pacific Islander identity, safety, and economic opportunity has become all the more urgent. The Asian American Foundation CEO Norman Chen has more on the story. Sign in to access your portfolio
Bloomberg
30-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Need to Improve Visibility of Asian Americans: Chen
The White House is planning wider sanctions on China's tech sector with new regulations targeting subsidiaries of Chinese companies. This came shortly after President Trump commented that Beijing violated a tariff agreement without giving any specifics. The escalating US-China tensions that the discourse of Asian American, Pacific Islander identity, safety, and economic opportunity has become all the more urgent. The Asian American Foundation CEO Norman Chen has more on the story. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
30-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump Says China "Violated" Trade Agreement
"Bloomberg Markets" follows the market moves across every global asset class and discusses the biggest issues for Wall Street. Today's guests; The Asian American Foundation CEO Norman Chen, Bloomberg's Kailey Leinz, Ed Ludlow, and Joe Deaux. (Source: Bloomberg)
Axios
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Report: Chinese Americans increasingly seen as "threat" in U.S.
More than one in four Americans believe Chinese Americans are a threat to U.S. society, a new survey finds. Why it matters: Five years after the pandemic-driven surge in anti-Asian hate crimes, Asian Americans — who constitute over 37% of San Francisco's population — are still battling harmful stereotypes and deep-seated misperceptions. By the numbers: 63% of Asian Americans reported feeling unsafe in at least one daily setting, per the nationwide STAATUS Index released May 1 at the start of AAPI Heritage Month. The same percentage said it was at least somewhat likely they would be victims of discrimination based on their race, ethnicity or religion in the next five years. By comparison, 33% of white Americans said the same. Asian Americans (40%) are far less likely than white Americans (71%) to completely agree that they belong in the U.S., and they are the least likely among all races surveyed to feel they belong in online spaces/social media and their neighborhoods. Between the lines: Anti-AAPI hate crimes in San Francisco jumped 567% from 2020 to 2021 as the coronavirus led to scapegoating and violent attacks, especially on older people. That fear hasn't abated, the survey shows, even as attention to the issue faded. Case in point: Lily Zhu, a 70-year-old Oakland resident, told Axios in Mandarin in February that while she's no longer scared to leave her house, most Asian older people in her circle stick to Chinese community spaces to avoid risk. Zoom in: This year's survey found that a record percentage (40%) of Americans believe Asian Americans are more loyal to their countries of origin than to the U.S., up from 37% last year. That's the highest since the STAATUS Index launched in 2021. Norman Chen, the Bay Area-based CEO of The Asian American Foundation and STAATUS report co-founder, called it "one of the most alarming results." About two-fifths of Americans support legislation prohibiting "foreign citizens" from certain countries, including China, from purchasing land. Stunning stat: Fewer than half (44%) of Americans strongly agree that Japanese American incarceration — the forcible detainment of 120,000 people with Japanese ancestry during World War II — was wrong. The big picture: The survey also found that most Americans continue to believe the harmful "model minority" myth of overachieving Asian Americans who are "good at math," according to Chen.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
More than 25 percent of people say Chinese-Americans are a ‘threat' to the US, poll finds
More than a quarter of Americans think Chinese-Americans are a threat to U.S. society, a new poll released Thursday revealed. The Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the U.S., or STAATUS Index, found that 40 percent believe Asian Americans are more loyal to their countries of origin than the U.S. This comes just five years after the Covid-19 pandemic, when the U.S. experienced a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. Twenty-seven percent said they were 'at least somewhat concerned' that 'Chinese Americans are a threat to U.S. society, especially around national security.' Meanwhile, 63 percent of Asian Americans say they felt unsafe in at least one daily setting, according to the index, which was released on Thursday at the start of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The same number of Asian Americans say that it's at least somewhat likely that they will be subjected to discrimination in the next half-decade based on their race, ethnicity, or religion. Thirty-three percent of white Americans believe they will be victims of discrimination within the next five years. Conducted between January 22 and February 25, the survey included 4,909 respondents over the age of 16. Forty percent of Asian Americans, compared to 71 percent of white Americans, completely agree that they belong in the U.S. They are also the least likely to believe they belong in online spaces, on social media, and where they live. Roughly two-fifths of Americans back legislation banning foreign citizens from some countries, such as China, from buying land. Forty-four percent of Americans strongly agree that the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II was wrong. The CEO of The Asian American Foundation, Norman Chen, a co-founder of the index, told Axios that 'One of the most alarming results over the past five years has been the doubling of this perception of Asian Americans as more loyal to their country of origin.' 'It questions the loyalty and patriotism of Asian Americans in this country,' he said, adding that the poll also found that most Americans still believe the myth of the 'model minority' — that Asian Americans are overachievers who are 'good at math.' Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, the U.S. has seen rising antisemitism, anti-Arab American, and anti-Muslim incidents hit the headlines, removing focus from anti-Asian hate crimes, the outlet noted. According to the poll, 42 percent of Americans can't name a famous Asian American, with Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan being named by 11 percent, Bruce Lee by six percent, Kamala Harris by four percent, and Lucy Liu by three percent. However, the index also found that almost 80 percent of Americans back specific efforts to uplift Asian American communities and roughly 41 percent support legislation that Asian American history be taught in schools.
