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A man takes a smoking break in Chinatown in New York, U.S., February 13, 2020, at the start of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Chinese American denizens have reported an uptick in hate speech and crimes ever since U.S. president Donald Trump's racist characterizations on the pandemic's initial spread from Wuhan, China. REUTERS/Yana Paskova

A man takes a smoking break in Chinatown in New York, U.S., February 13, 2020, at the start of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Chinese American denizens have reported an uptick in hate speech and crimes ever since U.S. president Donald Trump's racist characterizations on the pandemic's initial spread from Wuhan, China. REUTERS/Yana Paskova