Xenophobic attacks against Chinese nationals are on the rise in Western countries in the wake of COVID-19 cases go up in those countries. Two Chinese students were victims of physical assault in Melbourne recently. The Chinese consulate strongly condemned acts of hatred, perpetrated against Chinese, and urged local police to protect the legitimate rights of its nationals.
Both the victims are recovering and local police have nabbed the attackers.
According to Global Times, on March 19, two Chinese students from the University of Tasmania in Melbourne, Australia, were physically assaulted, and hurled with racial slur related to novel coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, about a dozen cases of racial abuse were reported from the US involving to Chinese-Americans.
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