Abstract
“China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia” was the headline of an article published in the Wall Street Journal by Walter Russell Mead on February 3, 2020 (1). The title of this article generated a riptide of condemnation from the Chinese government as well as from people of Asian descent. The “sick man of Asia” phrase refers to the fall of the Qing Dynasty in the early 1900s and is a derogatory reference describing the humiliation of a nation besieged by internal strife and external forces. Although most likely generated for sensationalism, this phrase is rooted in xenophobia and reflects the anti-Chinese sentiment whose historical roots have increasingly surfaced with the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.
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