CNN - China's crackdown on foreigners raises specter of xenophobia
Until the end of August the Beijing Public Security Bureau has decreed that all resident foreigners are expected to show their passports for "spot checks" of visas and resident permits.
The campaign has enlisted the help of the Chinese public, who can call a telephone hotline to report "suspicious foreigners." Violators will be fined, detained or even deported.
Soon after the campaign was announced, Chinese TV anchor Yang Rui poured gasoline onto the fire when he posted scornful comments on his microblog calling for the expulsion of "foreign scum."
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