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Biden Ramps up Vaccine Target Amid Hesitation CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Thursday, May 6, 2021 | 11 WORLD Attacks on Asians drive Amazon hate-crime surge in NY back in By MINLU ZHANG in New York something, so we just wanted to pass the firing [email protected] her quickly,” the 31-year-old victim, who was identified only as Theresa, Hate crimes in New York City told ABC-TV. “When I passed her, line on tax have jumped this year, propelled by suddenly I felt my head get hit by a dramatic increase in incidents something.” By JULIAN SHEA in London against Asian Americans and scores Theresa was rushed to a hospi- [email protected] of crimes against Jews, according to tal, where she needed stitches for a the New York Police Department. gash to her forehead and another The tax arrangements of The NYPD released numbers on cut on her head, according to ABC. online retail giant Amazon have Monday showing that 180 hate The other woman, 29, didn’t come in for fresh criticism as, just crimes had occurred for the year to appear to suffer any injuries, days after announcing record Sunday, a surge of 73 percent from according to authorities. profits following a year in which the 104 reported for the same peri- “My mom actually told me people bought more online od in 2020, The Wall Street Journal ‘Please be careful, there’s a lot of because of the pandemic, it was reported. Asian crime happening in Ameri- announced the company, whose Asians were targeted in 80 hate ca’,” Theresa said. The recent grad- headquarters for much of Europe crimes, the highest number of such uate of Manhattan’s Fashion is in Luxembourg, did not have to incidents. There were 16 hate crimes Institute of Technology said she pay any corporation tax there. against Asian Americans during the plans to go back to Taiwan now. If Filipino health workers and people with comorbidities wait to get COVID-19 vaccines at a sports center Sales in Europe last year same period last year, the NYPD’s the right job comes along, she said, in the Makati city of Metro Manila on Tuesday. ELOISA LOPEZ / REUTERS brought in a record 44 billion Hate Crime Task Force said. she will move back to New York euros ($52 billion), but official The number of hate crimes tar- when it is safer. accounts show the Luxembourg geting Jewish people was the sec- operation, which employs ond-highest behind that for anti- ‘Despicable’ act almost 6,000 staff, made a loss of Asian incidents, with 54 reported New York Governor Andrew more than 1 billion euros, so it in 2021, by Sunday, down from 58 Cuomo said in a statement on Biden ramps up vaccine paid no tax. such crimes in 2020. Tuesday: “I am disgusted by this On the contrary, it has tax During the four months, 78 arrests violent attack in Midtown Manhat- credits worth 56 million euros were made, up 160 percent from the tan, the latest seemingly senseless stored up that can be called 30 made in the same period last year, and despicable hate crime against upon for any future profits, according to the newspaper. Asian Americans in this state. target amid hesitation which British Labour Party Police have said that the true “We will do everything in our member of Parliament Marga- number of hate crimes in the city is power to protect those who are vul- ret Hodge said showed a contin- probably higher because many nerable to these attacks and to hold uation of the company’s such crimes go unreported. cowardly perpetrators accounta- US among many Chinese help arrives in Laos “relentless campaign of appall- The latest incident to reach the ble to the full extent of the law.” nations boosting ing tax avoidance continues”. Hate Crime Task Force is a woman Hundreds of New Yorkers gath- A team of Chinese medical experts, “Amazon’s revenues have who on Sunday night demanded ered on Sunday for a rally in the jab plans to combat along with medical materials, arrived soared under the pandemic while that two Asian women remove predominantly Asian district of COVID-19 outbreak in the Lao capital Vientiane on Tuesday our high streets struggle, yet it their face masks before attacking Flushing, in the borough of Queens, to assist Laos in fighting COVID-19. continues to shift its profits to tax one of them with a hammer. denouncing the wave of hate Lao Deputy Prime Minister Kikeo havens like Luxembourg to avoid Police said that they are search- crimes against Asian Americans. By AI HEPING and Khaykhamphithoune and Chinese paying its fair share of tax,” she ing for the woman, who carried “If you hate, get the hell out of BELINDA ROBINSON in New York Ambassador to Laos Jiang Zaidong told The Guardian newspaper. out the attack near Times Square. here because you don’t deserve to received the medical team sent by the “These big digital companies all “She was talking to herself. I live in New York City,” Mayor Bill US President Joe Biden on Tuesday Chinese government at Vientiane’s rely on our public services, our thought maybe she was drunk or de Blasio said at the rally. announced a new goal to have 70 per- Wattay International Airport. Chinese medical experts arrive infrastructure, and our educated cent of US adults vaccinated with at The medical team includes experts in Vientiane, Laos, on Tuesday. and healthy workforce. But unlike least one COVID-19 shot by the July 4 in infection prevention and control, ZHANG JIANHUA / XINHUA smaller businesses and hard- holiday, and to do so the administra- intensive care, epidemics, and labora- working taxpayers, the tech giants tion will shift some vaccine doses to tory testing, along with medical sup- believes that Laos will win the fight fail to pay fairly into the common those areas with greater demand. plies, including COVID-19 testing kits, against the epidemic quickly. pot for the common good.” Biden’s target came as the pace for protective clothing and face masks. China attaches great importance to The new figures come a week vaccinations has fallen markedly in Kikeo, when talking with the Chinese cooperation with Laos in COVID-19 pre- before Europe’s second-highest part because people are hesitant experts on their arrival, said the Lao vention and control. In building a com- court is due to make a ruling on about the vaccines. It would mean side is grateful the Chinese government munity with a shared future, China is the company’s appeal against an administering 100 million shots sent the medical team to Laos. This ready to work together with Laos to get order by the European Union over the next 60 days, senior admin- reflects the profound friendship from through difficulties and the two sides that it must pay around 250 mil- istration officials said on Tuesday. the Chinese side with the Lao people. “must share weal and woe”, Jiang said. lion euros of back taxes in Lux- The US administered about 220 mil- With Chinese medical assistance, embourg, a small country which lion shots in Biden’s first 100 days as the Lao deputy prime minister firmly XINHUA attracts many major corpora- president. tions because of its tax system. “Now that we have the vaccine sup- ply, we’re focused on convincing even that people opposed to vaccines Minister Boris Johnson’s green light Matter in question more Americans to show up and get tend to remain steadfast in their system for travel, The Sun newspa- The matter in question dates Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan (left) and Kenya’s the vaccine that is available to them,” refusal to get vaccinated. But the per reported on Tuesday. back to a European Commission President Uhuru Kenyatta exit the State House after their meeting Biden told reporters in an afternoon vaccine-hesitant can be persuaded. With vaccines among the main ruling in 2017 that Luxembourg, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday. BAZ RATNER / REUTERS address from the White House. “If we “Vaccine-hesitant people usually weapons in the fight against the where Amazon is a significant succeed in this effort … then Ameri- end up getting vaccinated but may pandemic, pharma giant Pfizer employer among the population cans will have taken a serious step need encouragement or to be reas- reported a 45 percent jump in first- of less than half a million people, toward a return to normal.” sured,” he told China Daily. quarter revenue largely due to its had allowed the company to fun- Kenya, Tanzania leaders Biden had previously announced Shikha Jain, an assistant profes- COVID-19 shot, as a campaign for nel its profits through a holding the Fourth of July, Independence sor of medicine at the University of patent waivers gathers pace for company, avoiding tax. Day, as a target date for when people Illinois in Chicago and co-founder of poorer nations to get more vaccines. The state of Luxembourg has vow to improve trade ties can gather in small groups to signal IMPACT, a group that works to Among the leaders of that cam- defended its actions, saying a return to greater normalcy. improve the equitable distribution paign is India, which is grappling with Amazon did not gain a selective By EDITH MUTETHYA come up with a structured system A US official told reporters that 105 of vaccines, told China Daily that one of the world’s worst outbreaks. advantage from the treatment. in Nairobi, Kenya of testing our people at the border million US residents are fully vaccinat- some people also don’t have easy “The devastating speed with which Amazon established its busi- [email protected] points to allow easy movement of ed, and more than 56 percent of access to smartphones or comput- the virus affects different regions of ness in Luxembourg in 2003, our people so as to do their busi- adults, or 147 million people, have ers to book an appointment.
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