US experiencing 'full-blown outbreak of Sinophobia'

The United States is experiencing a "full-blown outbreak of Sinophobia", a China expert said in an article published on Wednesday.

Stephen S. Roach, a faculty member at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, wrote on the opinion website Project Syndicate that the anti-China sentiment has been building for years, dating to the early 2000s, when the US began targeting Huawei Technologies.

Roach said "China threats now seem to be popping up everywhere", as he cited export controls on advanced semiconductors, which he said are intended to stifle China's advances in artificial intelligence.