How The Threat Of China Was Made In The USA

China is bad. At least, that’s what even a glance of U.S. reporting on China tells us. It’s a way of reporting that follows a long history of constructing the Chinese — in news, popular culture and the halls of DC — as a threat. In the first episode of Backspace, a new media critique series from AJ , Sana Saeed explores what China and the Chinese have looked like in the American imagination, how that impacts and is impacted by U.S. immigration and foreign policies, and ways we can retell that story. Subscribe for more videos: Sign up for subtext, our newsletter about the people and movements driving change in our society: Follow us on Instagram: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: