Source: Global Network [Global Network Report] A US state legislator was complained about using the stigmatization of the "Chinese virus" to call the new coronavirus. According to the Associated Press, on the 10th local time, Democratic Rep. Emily Webber of Missouri, USA complain

Source: Global Network

[Global Network Report] A US state legislator was complained about using the stigmatization of the "Chinese virus" to call the new coronavirus. According to the Associated Press, on the 10th local time, Democratic Rep. Emily Webber of Missouri, USA complained to the Human Resources Office of the House of Representatives Brian Seitz, because the latter used the "Chinese virus" statement many times in the previous day's parliamentary discussion.

reported that on the 9th local time, the Missouri House of Representatives discussed the state's revenue and a bill that allows the state government to charge sales taxes to online retailers without physical stores. During the discussion, Seitz said: "I want to remind everyone that the Chinese virus has not closed any of the companies, it is the government that closed these companies and created this (income) shortage."

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Weber immediately expressed dissatisfaction with the statement "Chinese virus" used by Sets. She believes that this is "a kind of slander and slander for people who look similar to me." The report mentioned that Weber was born in South Korea and was later adopted and raised in , Kansas .

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"The repetition of the 'Chinese virus' in the House of Representatives is a particularly harmful new racist stereotype that is deeply rooted in the goal of blaming the crisis on specific countries and communities." Weber also criticized that she hopes the House's Human Resources Office takes action against Seitz because the statement he used "puts the lives and well-being of Asian Missouri at risk."

Since the COVID-19 crisis, there have been more and more hate crimes against Asians in the United States. U.S. President Biden has asked the federal government to condemn and combat racist discrimination and hate crimes suffered by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry previously stated that the new coronavirus is the common enemy of all mankind, regardless of race or country. Both the World Health Organization and the international community clearly oppose linking the virus with specific countries and regions. Tracing the source must be conducted with a very rigorous attitude, and scientists conduct investigations and research around the world. China also firmly opposes the wrong practice of labeling the virus and politicizing the epidemic.