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Prosecutors have charged a man accused of stabbing an Asian man in the back with second-degree attempted murder, but have filed no hate crime charges in what appeared to be a violent, unprovoked incident. The violent attack on the streets of New York's Chinatown comes as Asian communities across the country have seen a steep increase in attacks, raising fears of violence against Asian Americans that some advocates say is stoked by xenophobia and racism. Hate crimes against Asian Americans in New York rose from just three incidents to 28 cases in 2020, the New York Times reported, though activists say other such attacks were likely unreported or not classified as hate crimes. In response to the number of attacks, the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University launched a program to record and track incidents of hate, violence, harassment and intimidation against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.