
Community leaders warn US president’s explosive China election-interference allegations may see rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
Much of the voter registration data in the previously classified reports that the president cited is disputed and is not new, analysts said.
“This is an extension of racism and xenophobic behaviour,” said Joanna Yang Qing Derman, civil rights and national security director with civic group Asian-American Advancing Justice, part of a grass roots network of over 300 community groups.