War Correspondence while Asian

During a talk I gave recently at the Munk School in Toronto, I was asked how being Asian has given me a different perspective on war reporting. For AAPI heritage month, here’s a glimpse into that:

Editor’s note: As I like to say, party like every month is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

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I was in the central Ukrainian town of Dnipro, walking along a major thoroughfare, when someone shouted out: 

“Ni Hao!”

My fists clenched. I prepared for a confrontation – after all, in the United States, this is the sort of street harassment that many Asian Americans are used to.