The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, which started in the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, has led to an increase in acts and displays of Sinophobia as well as prejudice, xenophobia, discrimination, violence, and racism against people of East Asian and Southeast Asian descent and appearance around the world, as well as discriminatory acts by Hong Kong people against mainland Chinese, and by mainland Chinese against those from Hubei province, more specifically, from the city of Wuhan.