COVID-19: Bittersweet aid from Chinese in the US
The American Chinese community is leading the way on crowdsourcing and donations in the US amid racial tension
Why read this story?
Editor's note: We don’t have a paywall for most of our stories on Coronavirus and its impact. Support us and subscribe here. For the past two months, Chinese organizations and individuals in the US have sent countless parcels of supplies over land and sea to the coronavirus outbreak epicentre in Wuhan, as well as to other provinces with smaller clusters. But as the situation in China began to stabilize, it became more apparent with each passing day that the US was about to face the same kind of harrowing protective gear shortages that plagued China during the peak of the outbreak in February. Sean Shi, a Wuhan University of Technology alumnus, is an active member of the United American Chinese of Washington, a local community disaster relief organization that has very actively contributed to donation efforts to China. While the coronavirus was not even a blip on most Americans’ radars, Shi and fellow volunteers already mobilized to send aid to their beloved Wuhan. On 23 January, the day the Chinese government quarantined Wuhan and placed the city of 11 million on full …
More in Chaos
You may also like
Reliance’s battery plans run into a China wall
Mukesh Ambani’s $10-billion bet faces a harsh reality: much of the clean-energy stack still sits overwhelmingly in Chinese hands.
India needs to stop courting the US and look for a solid plan B
It’s never a good sign when your foreign minister needs a lobbyist to meet US officials. The recent events signal a breakdown in the Modi government’s ability to operate in today’s Washington through its own machinery.
What China’s recent Middle East tour says about their ties
China’s expanding influence in the GCC region comes with its own set of opportunities—and constraints shaped by America’s influence in the Gulf.
