"Scott Moskowitz, geopolitical risk analyst for APAC at Morning Consult, says that state-controlled media in #China has played up examples of anti-Asian violence in the US in order to make its citizens less interested in going there." edition.cnn.com/travel/article…
It's "a strategically curated ecosystem that over-reports and sensationalizes negative foreign news compared to the tight controls on coverage of challenging or disturbing domestic instance," he says.
And Yu's beliefs bear that out.
"They look at people discriminately (there)," she says. "Not only for Chinese, but for Black people. It's very difficult to get fair treatment for all people in the United States."
"They look at people discriminately (there)," she says. "Not only for Chinese, but for Black people. It's very difficult to get fair treatment for all people in the United States."
She adds that she has spoken to friends who have visited the US, claiming that they were detained and searched by customs agents before being allowed to leave the airport.
This month, Morning Consult published a study on this exact trend. Their findings, based on a survey of 1,000 adults, showed that "a plurality of Chinese have little to no interest in US travel," with violence and anti-Asian discrimination both cited as factors.
According to Morning Consult's data, 22% of mainland Chinese respondents are "not interested at all" in visiting the US, with an additional 23% saying they are "not that interested."
57% say that violent crime is a primary reason they don't want to go to the US, while 52% cite terrorism, 36% say petty crime and 44% say they are concerned about anti-China bias by locals.
"Mass shootings are another specific concern, with "those who have seen, read or heard about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas" earlier this year "far more likely to cite violent crime as a reason not to travel" to the country, Morning Consult says in its report."
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