I’m Asian, my experience is that American media in Asia is so dominant that many Asians dream and fawn over the US. Little do they realise the casual gun violence, lack of affordable healthcare and education and the poverty in the country. A lot of Asians also think Trump and ICE only go after “illegals” because Asian media don’t really cover much of that event and is considered an American domestic issue.
The depiction of the US in Asia is sanitised and viewed from rose tinted glasses. That’s not to say America isn’t great in many aspects but many Asian migrants say it’s not what they expected.
I’m Asian, my experience is that American media in Asia is so dominant that many Asians dream and fawn over the US. Little do they realise the casual gun violence, lack of affordable healthcare and education and the poverty in the country. A lot of Asians also think Trump and ICE only go after “illegals” because Asian media don’t really cover much of that event and is considered an American domestic issue.
The depiction of the US in Asia is sanitised and viewed from rose tinted glasses. That’s not to say America isn’t great in many aspects but many Asian migrants say it’s not what they expected.