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Trump’s China election-interference claims spark scapegoat fears among Asian-Americans

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post

President Donald Trump’s allegations of US election manipulation by China have triggered concern among Chinese-American community leaders and citizens, some of whom fear they will be targeted as “scapegoats” if the midterm election results are deemed unsatisfactory by the White House. In a fiery prime-time address to the nation on Thursday evening, Trump delivered an unprecedented broadside against China, accusing Beijing of orchestrating the “largest compromise of election data in history” and...

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