Chinese officials on Wednesday lambasted an initiative by Canada and Britain to ensure their companies are not complicit in Beijing’s human rights abuses against the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in China’s northwestern Xinjiang province, saying it amounts to a “gross interference” in the country’s internal affairs. The suite of seven new measures announced on…
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An operator charging $6.50 for a bowl of noodles likely canât afford to station an employee outside so patrons donât leave without paying, Young points out. Elaborate heating systems are out of the question.
Yet Young stresses that independent restaurants in every state have suffered. Thatâs not because potential customers arenât fond of the food: P.F. Changâs, which in October opened its first New York City location, reports its takeout and delivery business are âperforming stronglyâ during the pandemic.
In Youngâs view, itâs more likely that customers are staying away from local Chinese restaurants because of âthe anti-Chinese rhetoric of calling (COVID-19) the China virus or Kung flu.â
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The Pepper Wok restaurant may never be a sensation for purely culinary reasons.
It is a modest establishment tucked into a suburban plaza north of Toronto, serving traditional specialties like Hainan Chicken.
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But this month it became the unlikely focus of battling factions within the Chinese-Canadian community, its support for Hong Kong democracy and its sign referring to COVID-19 as a virus from Wuhan, China, apparently prompting a flurry of attacks.