WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — Anti-Asian hate crimes are on the rise in Washington, D.C., as Asian communities continue to be blamed for the COVID-19 pandemic, news portal Axios reported on Wednesday.
In 2021, there were a total of 91 hate crime incidents involving ethnicity/national origin or race, and 23 of them targeted Asians, the report said, citing the latest figures from D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Depar