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Can Food Bloggers Save Chinatowns Across America From Coronavirus Panic?

Xenophobia is leaving small businesses deserted and desperate

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Food bloggers and influencers across the country are rushing to Chinatowns to help save now-empty restaurants.Adweek
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By Mary Emily O'Hara

March 12, 2020

New York food blogger Christine Yi spends a lot of time in Manhattan’s Chinatown, so she noticed immediately when its streets, stores and restaurants became unusually empty just after Chinese New Year on Jan. 25.

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Mary Emily O'Hara is a diversity and inclusion reporter. They specialize in covering LGBTQ+ issues and other underrepresented communities.

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