Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative

Read BIMI's new policybrief by Dewi Zarni. This PolicyBrief examines BIMI-affiliate, and Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, Dr. Lok Siu, and UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Claire Chun, 2020 article, “Yellow Peril and Techno-orientalism in the Time of COVID-19: Racialized Contagion, Scientific Espionage, and Techno-Economic Warfare(link is external).” In addition to the pandemic, the authors argue that the escalating U.S.-China trade war, and the issue of cyber security, have also contributed to the rise in anti-Asian violence. In order to better understand today's climate, Siu and Chun trace the origins of the “Yellow Peril” ideology and its role in driving Sinophobic.