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The piercing documentary Who Killed Vincent Chin?, airing on PBS on 20 June, shows how economic anxiety and racial demagoguery make a toxic brew.

Decades before Chinese immigrant Yao Pan Ma was attacked while collecting cans in New York and Thai American Vicha Ratanapakdee was fatally assaulted in San Francisco, Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.

The slaying of Vincent Chin, 27, who was beaten to death by two white men who never served jail time, was a 'seminal moment' for Asian Americans.

Detroit is helping to honor Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who was beaten to death 40 years ago by two white men who never served jail time

Vincent Chin, a Chinese immigrant, was beaten to death after being pursued by two white Detroit autoworkers in 1982. On the 40th anniversary of his death, many hear frightening echoes.

Detroit is helping to honor Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who was beaten to death 40 years ago by two white men who never served jail time.

DETROIT (AP) -- Decades before Chinese immigrant Yao Pan Ma was attacked while collecting cans in New York and Thai American Vicha Ratanapakdee was

The slaying of Vincent Chin, 27, who was beaten to death by two white men who never served jail time, was a 'seminal moment' for Asian Americans.

MADISON HEIGHTS, Michigan: When Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who lived near Detroit, was beaten to death with a baseball bat after being pursued by two white autoworkers in 1982, it horrified and mobilised Asian Americans across ethnic and linguistic lines.

President of American Citizens for Justice Roland Hwang says Chin's death spurred action in the Asian American community and changed how criminals are sentenced.