Vitry-sur-Seine (France) (AFP) - Ming was getting off the bus in the
Paris suburbs when a masked man attempted to rip her handbag from her.
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Campaigners fear such attacks are part of an under-reported wave of racially-targeted violence against French people of Asian origin, fuelled by racist stereotypes and mistaken beliefs about "rich" tourists.
Ming, who gave a pseudonym because she continues to fear for her safety, lost her bag, containing a few dozen euros and her ID cards in the attack in the southeastern Paris suburb of Val-de-Marne.