NEW YORK/PALO ALTO, U.S. -- The deadly coronavirus outbreak in China has fueled an upsurge in anti-Asian discrimination, hate speech and even violence elsewhere in the world, much of it reaching a global audience on social media.
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A woman wears a mask -- now often used as a measure against the new coronavirus -- as she waits for a train in Bangkok. © Reuters
NEW YORK/PALO ALTO, U.S. -- The deadly coronavirus outbreak in China has fueled an upsurge in anti-Asian discrimination, hate speech and even violence elsewhere in the world, much of it reaching a global audience on social media.