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Friday, April 20, 2001

When talk-show hosts call for the internment of Chinese-Americans, I feel queasy

"Understand this: Even though I am of Chinese descent, I am no stool pigeon for the People's Republic of China or its leaders. I am not privy to their thinking or strategizing about positioning China in the unpredictable geopolitical landscape of the 21st century."

Common Dreams. William Wong is appalled and enraged by the free flow of racist, bigoted and ignorant comments that have appeared since the Chinese-American dispute over a spy plane began. He is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America.'

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