Sonia Hang's Chinese restaurant in Rome used to be very busy, but now there are more reporters here than diners.

"Things are terrible. I don't think the situation could be that bad," said Hang, owner of Hang Zhou, the most famous Chinese restaurant in the Italian capital Rome. "My restaurant was established in 2010, every night is crowded and Friday, Saturday always has a long queue outside. Now there is no one."

After the Covid-19 epidemic began in Wuhan, central China and appeared in many countries around the world, Italian media continuously posted stories about Chinese people, including tourists and importers. residing in China, outraged on the street.

"It's disgusting, dirty. Go home and cough in your own home. You're infecting society," said a man who insulted the Chinese couple in Italian while they tried to try to walk very fast, follow a video on social networks.

Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi used to hang Zhou restaurant for a gesture of support. Many other Italian politicians also support the local Chinese community by taking photos of meals in Chinese restaurants.

However, it is the increasingly close economic relationship between China and Italy that makes many Italians angry, because they think this is the cause of the decline in local production, as well as waves have migrated from mainland China in the past 10 years. The outbreak of Covid-19 exploded like "adding fuel to the fire".

From Rome to London, the community in the Chinese neighborhoods that face antisocialism is now more worried.

Chinese Street in London, England, which occupies an important position in the city's economy, is also inevitable by the influence of nCoV. The restaurant said the business decreased by 50%, leaving hundreds, even thousands of people affected.

"It is very bad that the Chinese community is facing increasing racial discrimination, and at the same time suffering a business loss of more than 50% due to the Covid-19 epidemic. I went to the Chinese street in Manchester, the city. twinned with Wuhan for 33 years. We unite with the Chinese community, "Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn wrote on Twitter.

In order to allay fears about nCoV, Chinese street businesses around the world have posted signs that regularly sanitize furniture. Some restaurants even order antiseptic hand sanitizers for guests, equipped with masks and rubber gloves for employees.

However, these measures do not seem to be effective. Rebecca Lyu, a Chinese student living in London, struggled to persuade her to go out for a meal or shopping. "Some of my friends refuse to eat at Chinese restaurants because they are worried about nCoV," Lyu said.

Last week, a rumor spread that someone from the main Chinese supermarket in London was ill, causing a significant reduction in the number of visitors. "I told the people that if that were true, the press would report it," said David Tang, vice president of the Chinese Association of Chinese Street in London.

Tang expressed concern about the future of businesses if the sluggishness persisted. He said the Chinese community in London is planning to meet local authorities and offer them support, such as tax breaks. "If employers don't have money, employees will suffer and businesses can close," Tang said.

"Chinese Street is one of the most popular tourist destinations in central London. The government can at least publish some facts," Wing Poon, restaurant manager of Tao Tao Ju, said.

Normally, restaurants in Chinatown in London will be full of customers during the week, but now the busiest, only half the seats, sometimes only a few. However, the most remarkable thing is that Chinese tourists and students also almost "disappeared" completely.

"The people who shun here are Chinese. I don't blame them. Maybe they're just avoiding the crowded places. They think London is like China, or even Wuhan," Poon said.

However, there are still signs that overseas Chinese are not entirely alone. Restaurants on Via Paolo Sarpi in Milan, Italy, have organized a special event to show the "culinary solidarity" with the Chinese. 50% of the profits from the event will go to a charity to help orphans in China.

In the city of Prato in Tuscany, the most crowded place in Italy by the development of the textile industry, Gennaro Brandi, a pharmacist who owns a local pharmacy, has donated 10,000 masks to a Buddhist center. to send to China.

"We feel obligated to do this, stemming from the deep friendship between the two sides, as well as the harmony that has been going on for years," Brandi said.

At Vittorio Square in Rome, the center of the immigrant community, street artist Leika painted a mural of Mrs. Sonia Hang wearing a mask and holding a bowl of rice, next to the words: "The disease lacks understanding know what's going on. We have to protect ourselves. "