A racist undercurrent of anti-Chinese attitudes has been exposed in the Philippines by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 300 lives worldwide. On Sunday, Manila confirmed that a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan had died of the virus – the first fatality outside China – prompting tighter travel restrictions on both foreigners and Filipinos, as well as a torrent of negative backlash against President Rodrigo Duterte. Philippines reports first coronavirus death outside…
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