Crowds rallied Sunday in the French capital to urge an end to violence against the Asian community after the beating death of a Chinese tailor called new attention to ethnic tension in Paris suburbs. The prime minister tweeted his support for the march, organized by anti-racism and Chinese community groups calling for better police protection. The victim's lawyer says the attack was ethnically motivated, and the area's Chinese immigrant community says it is routinely targeted by armed robbers and violence. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve met with Zhangh's family and the mayor of Aubervilliers, home to a large Chinese community and textile industry, and promised better security. Anti-racism group MRAP warned in a statement about Zhangh's death that minorities are being "artificially set against each other, which camouflages a social malaise that they are all victims of."

Source: Los Angeles Times September 04, 2016 22:42 UTC