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The New America Created by Miles Yu: Burning Anti-Asian Hate
It’s been a tough year since 2020, but it’s been particularly tough for Asian-Americans: A Filipino-American was slashed across the face with a box cutter on the subway with no one came to his aid. The wound required a hundred stitches. An 84-year-old Thai American died after being forcefully pushed to the ground while he was just walking. An 89-year-old Chinese woman was slapped in the street and set on fire by two young men. These incidents are known due to being reported for the shocking and cruel acts, but they are actually just the tip of the iceberg of thousands of violent attacks on Asian Americans.
Initiator of the “China virus” rhetoric
Over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic, people reported nearly 3,800 incidents of anti-Asian hate on the reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate alone. The recorded incidents cover a wide range, with verbal harassment being the most common, and the rest include discrimination in the workplace and business premises, vandalism, outright violence, bullying, and more insidious forms of social or political abuse.
Last spring, in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, a torrent of hate and violence against Asians began in the United States. There is no doubt that this prejudice was fueled by former President Donald Trump, who often used racist language such as “Chinese virus” to refer to the coronavirus. Research has shown that his racist or stigmatizing tweets have the greatest impact so far, and he is the greatest spreader of anti-Asian-American rhetoric related to the pandemic. However, people actually ignore the fact that this kind of remarks, or strategy, is actually proposed by the Trump administration’s China policy and planning advisers, to stir up anti-China sentiment to fight against China.
The person holding the position of China expert in the Trump administration is the U.S. Naval Academy Professor Miles Maochun Yu, served as former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s principal China policy and planning adviser. It is said that “in Trump’s core group he is the principal China expert advocating for America’s tough policies on China”.
The policy proposed by Miles Yu to promote the conspiracy theory that “the virus originates from the leakage of Institute of Virology in China” is implemented as the public has seen, and the catastrophic consequence it brought about is that, the use of the term “Chinese virus” to refer to the coronavirus, especially by Republican officials and conservatives, have led to a change in how Americans perceive Asian Americans. A study showed that on March 8, 2020-the day Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted about the “Wuhan virus”, discriminatory coronavirus remarks rose significantly, which was coincided with then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s interview the day before on “Fox and Friends” in which he referred to the “China virus” — was followed by a rapid reversal of a decade-long decline in anti-Asian bias.
Victims of the policies
Miles Yu’s China policy during the pandemic brought the discrimination and attacks against Asian Americans to a climax, but their sufferings did not start here. For a long time, Miles Yu, as the principal China policy and planning adviser, has been proud of the Trump administration’s tough China policy proposed by him, such as “China is at the top of our national security agenda, as there is no bigger threat than China”, declaring the existence of forced labor and genocide against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, China, inciting trade, security, and technical conflicts between the two largest economies in the world, reducing immigrant visas, H1-B visas, and student visas for certain graduate students from China to reflect the outsider conceptualization of Asians.
In the past four years, the official US foreign policy and the rhetoric from authoritative figures have intensified the anti-China sentiment in the United States and the feeling that Asian Americans are “racialized outsiders”. Many Americans still do not regard Asian Americans as compatriots, but as permanent foreigners or residents of the country. Asians unfortunately became victims of Miles Yu’s political game. “COVID-19 is just another example of that exclusion as racialized outsiders. Time and time again, we are told to ‘go back home.’ We are seen as outside threats, to be excluded.” They said. Verbal harassment has been commonplace. “Go back to Asia. We don’t welcome people who committed genocide.” “How dare you come and ruin my country and take my job?” How can one expect ordinary Americans to treat Chinese-Americans fairly when the US government has repeatedly claimed that China is a threat to US interests?
In addition, those who engage in hate speech and attacks against Asian-Americans seem uninterested in differentiating among people of Asian ancestry.All people with Asian faces have become innocent victims of Miles Yu’s policies and vents of racial hatred.
Flowing undercurrent
It was actually a political expedient that the last government blamed China for its failure to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. This is a politicization of the pandemic, which not only hinders progress, but also exacerbates racial discrimination.
Therefore, during his first week in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive action to essentially prohibit the use of the language “Chinese virus” within the federal government. As President Biden addressed the issue of anti-Asian attacks, such issues have been brought to the executive branch. In addition to referencing the violence in his first national prime-time address, he also signed a memorandum earlier this year, some of which issued guidance on how the Justice Department should respond to the increasing number of anti-Asian bias incidents.
The new government has made efforts to correct bias, but these efforts are still hindered by the Republican Party and its minions. Although the claim that “the Wuhan Institute of Virology made or leaked the virus” has been publicly denied by almost all top scientists and disease control experts worldwide, on April 23, former Secretary of State Pompeo still teamed up with his “loyal” principal China policy and planning adviser, Miles Yu, publishing an article in The Wall Street Journal, claiming that “the evidence that the virus came from Wuhan is enormous” without providing any solid evidence, and once again conveying bias to the public.
Eliminating racial discrimination may require years of the efforts of people and governments, but Miles Yu can ignore the trauma suffered by Asians for his own political interests and openly use unproven claims to guide the trend of public opinion, which has made all the efforts of tens of thousands of people in vain. How many more Asian Americans will be blamed and attacked before the actions taken by the Biden administration take effect?
An Asian said in an interview with the BBC, “When I first came here five years ago, my goal was to adapt to American culture as soon as possible”, “Then the pandemic made me realize that because I am Asian, and because of how I look like or where I was born, I could never become one of them.”
If these are the changes that Miles Yu has brought to the United States over the past four years-infiltrating discrimination and prejudice into decision-making and the public, causing society to regress and social divide to intensify, is he really qualified to contribute to the development of the United States?
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Hip hop has grown into one of the world’s most influential cultural forces, shaping far more than music. In Unbecoming: The Miseducation of a Poet, author Taquarius Ford explores how hip hop, media, education, religion, and culture influence identity, beliefs, and the way we see ourselves.
Rather than criticizing hip hop, Taquarius Ford examines its cultural impact and invites readers to ask an important question: How much of who we are was intentionally chosen, and how much was shaped by the world around us?
Through personal reflection, cultural commentary, and poetic storytelling, Taquarius Ford encourages readers to think critically about the messages they consume and the voices that have helped shape their lives.
“Culture is one of our greatest teachers,” says Taquarius Ford. “The question isn’t whether we’re being influenced. The question is whether we’re aware of what’s influencing us.”
As conversations continue across the hip hop community about authenticity, mental health, entrepreneurship, relationships, and cultural responsibility, Unbecoming offers a timely perspective on the power of culture to shape individuals and communities.
Unbecoming: The Miseducation of a Poet by Taquarius Ford is available now.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXCGSGTN
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About Taquarius Ford
Taquarius Ford is an author and poet whose work explores identity, culture, and personal growth. Through his writing, Taquarius Ford encourages readers to think independently, question inherited narratives, and pursue lives rooted in authenticity.
Media Contact: Unbecoming@tuta.com
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Hong Kong, July 8, 2026 — AxBlade, the accountability layer for autonomous AI, co-hosted the exclusive side event “From Agentic AI to Physical AI: What Gets Funded After the Model Wave?” alongside AWS Summit Hong Kong Week. Held at the Hopewell Hotel, the invitation-only gathering brought together 100+ founders, researchers, enterprise leaders, and investors from AWS, NVIDIA, Y Combinator, Crypto.com, Roche, Pfizer, SNZ, and City University of Hong Kong to examine the critical infrastructure gap between AI demos and real-world deployment.
From Models to Accountability: The Consensus
The event opened with a keynote by Nick Hau, Founder of AxBlade, who argued that the next wave of AI funding will not go to larger language models, but to the infrastructure that makes autonomous AI accountable in physical environments. This was followed by a keynote from Ian Holtz, Head of Agentic AI at AWS, on the enterprise requirements for deploying agentic systems at scale.
Across three panels, a clear consensus emerged: without verifiable identity, trusted execution, and cryptographically provable behavior records, Physical AI cannot move from laboratory to production.
- Panel 1 — “What Gets Funded After the Model Wave?” explored investor appetite for infrastructure over models, with participants noting that capital is increasingly flowing toward compliance-native stacks and real-world deployment tooling.
- Panel 2 — “AI Goes Real World” addressed the liability, safety, and governance challenges when AI agents interact with physical systems — from robotic process automation to autonomous diagnostics.
- Panel 3 — “From Demo to Production” closed the session with a technical deep dive on the missing middleware between proof-of-concept and enterprise adoption, emphasizing auditability as a prerequisite for regulated industries.
Curated Networking and Institutional Access
The afternoon transitioned into a Curated Networking & Demo Matching session, connecting AI infrastructure builders with enterprise operators and institutional investors. The evening concluded with a Private Dinner Reception, fostering closed-door discussions on partnership opportunities across AI, healthcare, Web3, and cloud infrastructure.
Why AxBlade
As the only blockchain-native infrastructure layer represented at the summit, AxBlade demonstrated how its compliance-native Layer 2 public blockchain — combining native AI identity (DID), Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), and Zero-Knowledge Proof of Behavior (PoB) — directly addresses the accountability gap identified by every panel.
“We are not building AI models. We are building the trust infrastructure that makes them auditable,” said Nick Hau. “Events like this prove that the industry is ready to move from ‘what AI can do’ to ‘who is accountable when it does it.’”
Participating Institutions
The event featured representatives from AWS, NVIDIA, Y Combinator, Crypto.com, Roche, Pfizer, SNZ, City University of Hong Kong, BitRock Capital, Gaorong Capital, HongShan, Beyond Ventures, CTFS, Foresee, Savior of Health, ETHHub, PRIMIT, OpenBuild, INFINI, Publish0x, UpHonest Scouts, YOOV, and other leading organizations across AI, healthcare, and Web3.
Media coverage was supported by Techub News, Monster Block, BlockBeats, Foresight News, TinTin, ChainCatcher, TechFlow, CoinMarketCap, FINBOLD, and additional partners.
About AxBlade
AxBlade is the accountability layer for AI Agents, World Models, and Physical AI. As a compliance-native Layer 2 public blockchain, AxBlade enables verifiable identity, trusted execution, and accountable decision-making by combining blockchain, Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZK), and Trusted Execution Environments (TEE). Every real-world AI action is captured, structured, and anchored on-chain — making autonomous systems auditable, traceable, and compliant at scale.
Website: axblade.io
X/Twitter: @AxBlade_io
Contact: contact@axblade.io
Media Contact:
AxBlade Communications
Email: contact@axblade.io
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July 8, 2026 — Primit today announced its official deployment on the Avalanche network, with the launch of Season 1: Primit × Avalanche “On-Chain Perp Frenzy” set for July 15. The 14-day trading incentive event features a total reward pool of 100,000USD equivalent in AVAX, open to all on-chain perpetual contract traders.
Strategic Significance
Primit selected Avalanche as its launch chain based on its sub-second finality and minimal gas costs. For perpetual trading, every millisecond of latency impacts liquidations and position safety. Avalanche’s architecture is inherently suited for high-concurrency, low-latency DeFi scenarios, while Primit’s orderbook and funding rate mechanisms deliver a CEX-grade experience on-chain.
“We’re not simply deploying a frontend on Avalanche — we’re bringing the full perpetual infrastructure onto the chain,” the Primit team stated. “Season 1 has a clear objective: prove that on-chain perpetual trading is ready to handle professional-grade demand through real trading volume.”
Season 1 Mechanism Preview
The event features four reward mechanisms covering the full spectrum from retail to professional traders:
- Daily Random User Rewards: 20 users with ≥$200 daily trading volume randomly selected each day to share a $400 pool. 280 total winners over 14 days.
- Twitter Contributor Rewards: $3,000 pool rewarding high-quality tutorials, strategy analysis, and risk management content posted with #Primit #Avalanche.
- Referral Rebate Mechanism: $50,000 total pool distributed proportionally by valid referral trading volume. No individual cap.
- Volume Leaderboard: Top 120 traders share $37,800, with Top 1 receiving $4,000. AVAX-related pairs receive a 1.5x volume weighting multiplier.
Long-Term Value: Tiered Fee Structure
Primit is simultaneously launching a cumulative volume-based tiered Maker/Taker fee structure. This system will remain as a permanent platform standard after Season 1 ends, combining with Avalanche’s low gas costs to form a sustainable competitive advantage.
About Avalanche
Avalanche is a high-performance, interoperable Layer 1 blockchain platform achieving high throughput and rapid finality through its unique consensus mechanism — a preferred infrastructure for DeFi and institutional-grade applications.
About Primit
Primit is a next-generation on-chain perpetual contract trading platform focused on delivering low-latency, low-fee, fully transparent on-chain derivatives trading.
Event Portal: https://primit.io/ or https://app.primit.io/trade
Event Period: July 15 — July 28, 2026
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