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Racism

“Ching Chong”: Chinese Netizens Are Boycotting ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Over Character Name

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Willem II Apologises To Chinese Footballer Wang Bohao After Racist Abuse

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December 14, 2016

Pacific Rim star John Boyega addresses ‘racist’ Chinese Star Wars poster

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November 4, 2016

Racism

Amazon under fire for ‘slant eye’ gesturing white children in racist Chinese costume advert

January 29, 2018

Miss Belgium Angeline Flor Pua faces racist abuse for Asian heritage

January 24, 2018

Taiwanese YouTuber apologises for Nutella blackface and Nazi uniform

January 11, 2018

Professor claims Asian Americans students are guilty of ‘colorblind racism’

January 10, 2018

‘West Ham fans know why I shushed them’: Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min combats racism

January 5, 2018

Japanese TV show slammed for racist Eddie Murphy blackface

January 4, 2018

French nursery rhyme slammed for racism towards Chinese people

January 3, 2018

A Christmas Story Live! 2017 adapts original’s ‘racist’ Chinese restaurant scene

December 18, 2017

INTERVIEW: Chinese Burn stars Yennis Cheung and Shin-Fei Chen discuss backlash

December 18, 2017

‘Especially that Oriental. I hate it.’: Korean student films racist woman in Starbucks

December 14, 2017

Colombian footballer Edwin Cardona given five-match ban for racist Asian gesture

December 13, 2017

‘You won’t feel like you’re in China’: racist Chicago bus company targets Chinese students

December 4, 2017

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