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Epidemic of Hate: Anti-Asian hate crimes on the rise in US
Ediz Tiyansan
02:56

“For too many, 2020 wasn’t just about a deadly virus. It was about an epidemic of hate.”

That’s according to California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta, who was commenting on a report by the state’s Department of Justice, which registered over 1300 hate crimes in California last year — the highest in more than a decade. Attacks against Asians saw a significant rise with a 107% increase.

CGTN’s Ediz Tiyansan reports. 

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