Welcome to Narratives of Asia (NOA), our brand new branch of Asiatic Affairs! To kick things off and officially launch our podcast channel, we have decided to host a two-part series of interviews discussing the coronavirus outbreak and its social impact. Reoccuring reports of 'racially aggravated' attacks and 'racial encounters' have greatly drawn our attention and we have noticed a sudden rise in explicit racism and xenophobia towards Asians.

We have brought in two guests, one for each episode of the series, to share with us some of their experiences as well as perspectives on the issue above.

On Episode 1.1, we have had the pleasure to meet with Yoojin Lee, a first-year Law student at UCL, sharing with us her experiences growing up with labels as 'the racial minority' as well as her perspectives on social media and its narrative in aggravating social attitudes surrounding racism and xenophobia towards Asians.