Han Xu, the Liberty and Chinese national team center, called out the wave of anti-Asian and anti-Asian-American violence in New York recently. Han, the only Chinese player in the WNBA, lamented the violence in recent comments to Xinhua, the state-owned Chinese news agency.
The comments were also published in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, whose president is Joe Tsai, co-owner of the Liberty and Nets.
“It is frightening and upsetting to see the rising hate crimes and attacks against the Asian American community and in particular in New York, a community I love,” Han told Xinhua.