Wondering if anyone knows why Chinese community swung so hard to Liberal from Tories? Was it O'Toole's hardline on China? Over rising anti-Asian racism (which has increased a lot due to pandemic)? Views party wasn't strict enough on COVID? Be interested if anyone has any insights here.
Might be too early to tell, at least as a national picture, at this stage. Ethnic Chinese communities have their cleavages like every other demographic and whatever racism-related occurrences or news about the Michaels move votes in the GTA may not do so to the same degree in Vancouver.
But on the individual riding level, it is hard not to argue that Kenny Chiu in particular was heavily targeted for C-282 and prior statements against the Chinese government. Anecdotally I've heard from a friend there that the level of hostility against him this time was concentrated heavily in WeChat groups and other online spaces vulnerable to the usual despicable conflation of anti-Chinese racism for anti-CCP statements. Riding to riding there have been indications that local pro-mainland groups threw their support unusually heavily behind the Liberals regardless of their opponent.
