Police say they don't believe the attack was racially motivated, but the attack happened just a few blocks from Philadelphia's Chinatown.
Physical attacks make up 12 percent of acts against Asian-American people this year, according to Stop AAPI Hate. That advocacy group received more than 2,800 reports of hate incidents directed at Asian Americans nationwide last year.
Attacks have been reported across the country. A 84-year-old Thai immigrant in San Francisco died after being violently shoved to the ground during his morning walk; an 89-year-old Chinese woman was slapped and set on fire by two people in Brooklyn, New York. And a man is charged with slaying six Asian women in spas in Georgia.