On Tuesday, 9 May, Canadian singer Bryan Adams received heavy backlash for his tweet that was called out for being racist towards the Chinese. Many people in the recent past have called COVID-19 a ‘Chinese virus’, including US President Donald Trump. While the world tries to figure out how to battle the novel virus, the Chinese community has received immense flak and been subjected to misbehaviour.
Adams tweeted and shared posts on Instagram about the cancellation of his gigs at the Royal Albert hall thanks to “some f****** bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards, the whole world is on hold now”.