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Asian international students say theyre on edge after a series of allegedly violent attacks near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In incidents described to the Cap Times, two Chinese international students said they were randomly targeted by a group of strangers near State Street on Tuesday night. While the students said the attacks could be racially motivated, UW-Madison Police and the city of Madison Police departments are still investigating. Madison Police say they have no information that leads them to believe this attack is racially motivated at this time. In a Wednesday post on Chinese social media app Weibo, UW-Madison doctoral student Wentao Zhou said a group of "very fit" young men suddenly assaulted him and dragged him to the ground near Blue Lotus Tattoo on the 400 block of West Gilman Street. The first guy ran towards me and punched me in my face, Zhou told the Cap Times. They kicked me and pulled me to the ground. They didnt try to rob me at all, they just tried to hurt me. Zhou said he was initially stunned when he was attacked but then called for help, at which point bystanders at a nearby bar ran to assist him and alerted the police. According to Zhou, Madison Police arrived on the scene five to 10 minutes later.

The attack left Zhou with bleeding cuts below his left ear and chin as well as a smaller abrasion to the left of his nose, according to photos posted to Weibo. Madison Police released an incident report Friday confirming Zhous account. The report also says the attack against Zhou is the third battery of this type to occur in the past two weeks. Detectives believe the same group who attacked Zhou may be responsible for all three batteries, the report says. Another Asian international student also said a group of people attacked him on Tuesday around the same time and vicinity as Zhou. Chinese international student Yichen Wang told the Cap Times in an email that a group of people chased him and threw a banana at him multiple times around 10 p.m. Tuesday on Library Mall, injuring his back. They just continued laughing and said something I couldnt understand, said Wang, who reported the incident to university police Wednesday morning. I felt extremely painful at that moment. The fact that two Asian men were targeted might not be a coincidence, Zhou said. We somehow are the perfect target because we are Asian, he told the Cap Times. Im short. Im the perfect target, the perfect prey, because I dont have enough power. I dont have enough energy to fight back. Some Asian international students viewed the attacks as part of a national rise in hate incidents against Asians since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recent spike of anti-Asian hate crimes is deeply disturbing, said Steven Shi, a UW-Madison international student. Sun said she is disappointed with how local officials have responded to the safety concerns of Asian students. We were also shocked by this news because many international students chose UW-Madison because Madison seemed much safer than other big cities like New York City or Los Angeles, she said. But we know this victim was not the only Asian student who was targeted on campus.

Lebronwon posted...

many international students chose UW-Madison because Madison seemed much safer than other big cities like New York City or Los Angeles

The Anti-Asian attacks are now happening in the suburbs now. Damn no where is safe.

acknowledge even the existence of taiwan in a university classroom with more than 2 chinese international students and watch what happens

or just sit in on an exam and watch the blatant open-air cheating with zero repercussion

KhlavicLanguage posted...

acknowledge even the existence of taiwan in a university classroom with more than 2 chinese international students and watch what happens

or just sit in on an exam and watch the blatant open-air cheating with zero repercussion

You would think a member of the Iranian diaspora, who are also demonized by the US government wouldn't pull this shit

KhlavicLanguage posted...

acknowledge even the existence of taiwan in a university classroom with more than 2 chinese international students and watch what happens

or just sit in on an exam and watch the blatant open-air cheating with zero repercussion

Tell us how you really feel.

Funniest part is KhlavicLanguage is a hardcore anime fan who is extremely elitist lol.

He used to always shit on CE for watching casual anime

How come I only know about UW-Madison because it's in the news every year or two for things like this?

Rayman2943 posted...

Funniest part is KhlavicLanguage is a hardcore anime fan who is extremely elitist lol.

He used to always shit on CE for watching casual anime

Worst kind of anime fan.