A wet market is a marketplace selling fresh foods, such as meat, fish, and produce, and other consumption-oriented perishable goods in a non-supermarket setting, as distinguished from "dry markets" th
A meat stall at a wet market in Hong Kong
A fruit stall at a traditional open-air street market in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong
Cages with pangolins and snakes at a wildlife market in Mong La, Myanmar.
Cages with owls and tree shrews at Jatinegara Market in Jakarta, Indonesia
Anti-Chinese sentiment or Sinophobia is prejudice, hatred, hostility, and discrimination that is directed towards Chinese people or Chinese culture.
Wet market
…between all wet markets and those with live animals or wildlife, as well as insinuations of fostering wildlife smuggling, have been blamed for fueling Sinophobia related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The term "wet market" came into common use in Singapore in the early 1970s when the government used it to distinguish…
The 1740 Batavia massacre was a pogrom against Chinese in Batavia.
Anti-Chinese sentiment in the US
Demonstrators in Hong Kong demand that the Chinese go back to China.
Anti-Chinese sentiment reached its peak in May 1998, when major riots swept over Jakarta.