Right. My wife is Chinese. Xenophobia has no place in my home.
The peculiarity (exceptional, rather than ‘odd’) is the ongoing attacks on children. Doesn’t matter that it’s in China - that’s simply the geographic boundary within which these incidences occur, the cultural extent of these seemingly related events.
I imagine it’s a mixture of ease of target, plus knowledge you’ll be in the news - which would indicate the rise of the popular media mindset.