For foreigners living in China, especially black people, 'things have changed drastically,” since the coronavirus outbreak.
Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China.and teaching English for the past two years, life had been pretty good.
The consulate general said it"advises African-Americans or those who believe Chinese officials may suspect them of having contact with nationals of African countries to avoid the Guangzhou metropolitan area until further notice." By mid-March, Chinese propaganda had shifted, from praising the country’s quick action dealing with the virus, to worrying about its reintroduction from abroad. It was around this time that Keenan Chen, a researcher and reporter with First Draft, an organization that tracks misinformation online, told ABC News he began to see unconfirmed speculation that community transmission in China was not as serious as cases coming in from the outside.
FILE PHOTO: An African trader at a photo shop to have some prints made of photos to send back home, Dec. 17, 2008, in Guangzhou, China.Guangzhou has one of the largest African populations in China and reports in early April showed discrimination against those residents, some of whom were left homeless or subject to arbitrary COVID-19 testing after authorities said that five Nigerians had tested positive for the virus.
“I’m privileged to say that that I've gone 36 years of my life without experiencing racism,” he told ABC News. Now, he’s been refused entrance to restaurants, other people won't get in the elevator with him. “People won't sit beside you in the subway,” he said. Both expats painted a picture of a shifting information landscape in which it’s difficult to determine where directives are coming from. Andrew said his fear is that “they could show up at your door and tell you you’re under quarantine.”"And we don’t know who ‘they’ is. It’s inconsistent,” he added.
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