Taiwan’s plan to hire Indian workers sees racist backlash on social media: Why Taipei has blamed China for this

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A recent Bloomberg news report that said India and Taiwan were in discussions about sending “tens of thousands of workers to the island as early as next month” generated a flurry of concern among social media users in Taiwan, resulting in what Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said was a “surge of racist remarks belittling Indian workers”. The Bloomberg report had said Taiwan “could hire as many as 100,000 Indians to work at factories, farms and hospitals”, citing Taiwanese officials who had asked not to be identified. The Indian and Taiwanese governments were expected to sign an employment mobility agreement...