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Recently, there was a dramatic "diplomatic incident" between South Korea and the United States, in which a South Korean diplomat was beaten in New York, and both the United States and South Korea are currently silent.
According to the Global Network, at about 8:10 p.m. local time on the 9th, a South Korean diplomat and friend were walking on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and when they came to an intersection, suddenly a person rushed up and hit him in the face, and then a cigarette fled the scene. People familiar with the matter said that the South Korean diplomat, 53 years old, did not have any conflict with the killer before the attack, and the two did not communicate verbally, which was an unprovoked beating. When he was beaten, he also showed his diplomatic credentials and was rushed to New York University Hospital, where he is currently being treated for a broken nose.
For this case, the New York police did not provide more specific information, but confirmed to the outside world that there was indeed an attack on Fifth Avenue on the evening of the 9th. It is worth noting that New York is a high incidence of attacks on Asians, and according to the information released by the media, the South Korean diplomat is most likely attacked for racial discrimination. However, the local police have not yet defined the case as a "hate crime", and I wonder if there is any hidden plot in it. In this regard, many South Korean netizens and Asian netizens were indignant, asking the police to investigate the truth of the case as soon as possible and arrest the suspects, and many netizens complained that Asian Americans are facing more and more dangers in the United States.
(Intersection of the incident)
As of now, neither the South Korean government nor the U.S. government has taken a position on this. Usually, the White House does not speak out about the attack on Asians, but the victims of this case are special, a South Korean diplomat walking on the street was actually interrupted by someone, Biden must give an explanation. If the United States cannot catch the murderer and successfully handle the matter, it may also lead to a "diplomatic storm.".
In addition, the murderer in this incident hit the face of the South Korean diplomat, and invisibly "punched" Biden. This once again shows the world how unsafe the city of New York is, how bad the security situation in the United States is, and what a "lighthouse nation" can be talked about in a country with such a chaotic social order. Recently, there have been several attacks on Asians in Manhattan alone. Last month, while waiting for the subway to enter the station, a Chinese woman was pushed off the platform by a homeless man in her 60s, and she died on the spot. Not long ago, an Asian man was insulted and attacked by a black woman in a Manhattan subway station, and there are many similar cases.
(Chinese woman pushed off the subway platform)
In the final analysis, this is all the result of the hands of American politicians. During the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians such as Trump spread rumors, fueling anti-China sentiment in American society, and then hatred against Asians in the United States surged. After Biden took office, he talked about improving the situation of Asian Americans, but there was no practical action. Not only that, the Biden administration is also taking advantage of the "anti-China" fishing and vigorously advocating confrontation and competition with China, which further poisons the public opinion atmosphere of the Americans on China. It can be said that the United States has lifted a stone and dropped its own feet, and racial discrimination and hate crimes are making the United States more and more divided, violent and chaotic, becoming a crisis lurking in American society, and may erupt at any time.