Coronavirus: anti-Chinese social media ‘more scary than Covid-19’ in Indonesia

As the novel coronavirus sweeps Indonesia, fears are growing not only that it could overwhelm the health care system, but that it will cause widespread discrimination in a country that has long struggled with anti-Chinese sentiment.“Social media is more scary than Covid-19,” said Endar, the owner of Ho Teh Tiam, a traditional Chinese tea shop in the city of Medan, North Sumatra, referring to the disease caused by the virus. Endar, who is ethnic Chinese, said the anti-Chinese sentiment he had…

from South China Morning Post https://bit.ly/3bfMXDB