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The assassination attempt on human rights advocate Brandon Lee underscores how the violence Duterte has inspired is now also aimed at foreigner nationals, including Americans. But it's more than that. Lee, the 37-year-old activist who was shot outside hHe’s Chinese and he’s fighting for Filipinos in the Duterte era
The assassination attempt on human rights advocate Brandon Lee underscores how the violence Duterte has inspired is now also aimed at foreigner nationals, including Americans. But it's more than that. Lee, the 37-year-old activist who was shot outside his home in Ifugao, isn't just American. He's Chinese. Not Chinoy or Chinese Filipino, but Chinese American who grew up in San Francisco, had no direct familial roots in the Philippines, but who chose to give up his life in the Bay Area to embrace the cause of poor and oppressed Filipinos in the Cordilleras. His journey of courage and sacrifice is striking in any context. But it is worth highlighting in a time of intensifyin...Keep on reading: He’s Chinese and he’s fighting for Filipinos in the Duterte era Read more