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[raymonddnomyar]

Taking my mom and the pups out the park on a nice day. Asians hate the sun. #familyTime #dogpark #indiansummer #ChineseMom #AsiansHateTheSub (at Point Isabel)

[alyssabraddy]

The past year has been complicated, with COVID-19, issues of racism and police brutality and more. One specific issue being brought to light lately is the increase in hate crimes on Asian Americans since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Multiple articles in the news about these hate crimes state that there has been a 1900% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in New York City in the past year.

Though there has been a decent amount of news coverage on this issue, I have noticed a lack of social media conversation and coverage.

In mid 2020 social media was constantly talking and posting about the unjust murders of Black Americans like Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. This really opened up a conversation and allowed more and more people to know about the severity of racism and police brutality in the U.S.

So far, I’ve seen little about the hate crimes against Asians. In fact, it wasn’t until a couple days ago that I even heard about all that was going on.

This TikTok here is what first introduced me to how serious this problem was.

I then decided to share the TikTok to my Instagram story, where a hundred or so people viewed it. On that same day I saw others on Instagram sharing posts to their stories about the recent attacks on Asians and the insane growth in hate crimes.

I think in cases like this, social media can be so powerful. It helps bring awareness to some huge issues that often times get swept under the rug.

[itsmassivecollectionpatrolus]

I visited China many times over the past two years and stayed about two to three months each time. I visited several cities., talked to many people from the bottom of the society — janitors, maids, food delivery guys, tourist guide, and etc., all migrant workers from poor rural countryside. Here are some of the stories I’ve heard: 1, The woman who takes care do my aging mother in Beijing told me that her son and daughter both graduated from college now, both work in finance company in Beijing and making good money. Her husband also works in Beijing. They were peasants from a village in northern China. They own a two-story house in their home village. She is very satisfied with her life. She also told me that in her village, only very lazy persons stay being poor, usually are unmarried men, and government took care of them. One such lazy guy lived off his aging parents. After his parents died, he didn’t even have money to fix the house. The house eventually clasped. The government gave him 60,000 yuan (free money, not loans) to build a new one. I talked to about five to six maids like her who work in Beijing, all of them have similar stories. Most of them not only own their houses in their village, but also bought an apartment in the cities or towns near their villages. 2, A janitor worked at my apartment building told me that when he went back to visit his hometown in Gansu, one of the least developed and the poorest province in China, he couldn’t recognize it after eight years without coming home. He also bought an apartment in a city. 3, I once shopped at a place similar to the farmer’s market in the US. I chatted with the guy who sold me some stuff. I asked him if the life in his home village is okay and if there are still many poor people there. Before he answered me, several bystanders told me that there’s no real poor people anymore nowadays, anyone willing to work can have reasonable good life… 4, I talked to a businessman on a train when I was traveling in China. The guy was a billionaire now and he is from one of the the poorest village in Hubei providence. He ran away from his village about 40 years ago when he was a teenager to a coastal city, because he couldn’t get enough to eat at home. After he found job in that and earned the money, many guys in his village followed his suit to the cities , quite a few of them become rich now. Them formed a committee in their village, donate money every year to build and to support school and senior center, to support promising young kids to go to college, to help the poor, and etc.. He told me that he had visited the U.S. and Canada, he didn’t think the western democratic system fits China, especially won’t fit folks from his village. He also told me that corruption improved a lot under president Xi. He used to be able to bribe the tax collectors easily and pay less tax, now he couldn’t. It costs him more to do business now, but he still likes this way. Traditionally, triads were active in his area, after Mao took the power, the communists cleaned up all of them. Since Deng’s reform, many of the old bad things came back, triad is one of them. The guy told me that the police in his area were corrupted and worked with the triads (we have a phrase for that in Chinese:”the police and bandits in the same family”. Xi’s anti-corruption action also targeted police force and triads, so the life for people in his home area improved a lot in this sense too. 5, I talked to a PhD student sitting next to me on one of my flight to Beijing. He came to the U.S. to attend a conference. He was about 26 years old, also from rural China, both parents were peasants. He told me that nowadays in China, anymore willing to work hard, he/she will be able to make a good living (many young people told me this in China). He also told me that he doesn’t believe in western democracy. He said that if democracy cannot improve people’s life, why do we need it? What impressed me the most is that rural peasants can get health insurance coverage now. They just need to pay about 200 yuan (roughly $30) a year to get government basic health insurance coverage. The insurance will cover 50% (I’ve heard it’s increased to 60% recently) of the medical cost. If a patient’s illness cannot be treated by the local hospital, the local hospital will refer the patient to a better one at big cities, the insurance will cover that too.

ChineseMom says:November 5, 2019 at 6:10 pm GMT • 

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[kittyactive]

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Learn Mandarin Chinese, “my eyebrow is brown”. 我的眉毛是棕色的 #bilingual #learnmandarin #teachkidschinese #chinesemoms #raisingbilingualkids (at Preston, Lancashire) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwiFrCanZEV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tjglv5dacogh

[alivelyfancy]

My mom sent back the first casserole because there was too much squid 🦑 and not enough shrimp 🦐 🤣 😂 #chinesenewyear #chinesemom #asianmom . . . . . #chinesenewyear2018 #lunarnewyear #lunarnewyear2018 #happynewyear #yearofthedog #HappyChineseNewYear #新年快乐 #恭喜发财 #春节快乐 #chinesecasserole #cantonesefood #cantonesecasserole #cantonese #cny #shrimp #squid #scallop #tofu #yummy #instagood #huffpostetaste #thefeedfeed #f52grams #noms #mom

[yepmomsaidthat]

Me: "Based on your quotes, people think your English is good." Mom: "It's simple English. I'm not writing a thesis."

[kiksthasupastar]

treating mommy for dinner, accessorized her phone yang very the kesian.. and quality time before she goes for umrah, leading a whole bunch of big big group this February, Alhamdulillah Im proud for her and glad too. so we're off watching a movie ! devil's due it is.. #mommy #momsie #momday #motherdaughterday #mywhiteangel #moviedate #dinnerdate #loveofmylife #misschang #chinesemom #WereNotMalay #ButWereMuslims #LOL #hashtagmestipanjang #becauseItsAGoodDay #JustUsAgaistTheWorld Miss Connie A. (at TGV Cinemas)