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Hello and welcome to Chinese Whispers with me, Cindy Yu.

Every episode, I'll be talking to journalists, experts,

and longtime China watchers about the latest in Chinese politics, society and more.

There'll be a smattering of history to catch you up on the background knowledge and some

context as well.

How do the Chinese see these issues?

Donald Trump has always been a divisive figure, but you might think that those who fall

foul of his policies, Mexicans and Muslims, for example, will be less divided in their

opinions of him.

One defining feature of his presidency

has been hawkishness on China, what with the unprecedented trade war, and now with the pandemic

turning attention onto the Chinese people as well as the government, while bans on Chinese

apps like WeChat on grounds of national security are already topics we've covered on this

podcast. But a recent poll puts the Chinese American support for Trump at 20%. That's around

800,000 Chinese Americans who would vote for Trump. Now, it might not be so surprising to you.

After all, they probably left China for a reason, and that reason may well be political,

which means that they like Trump's hawkishness on China. But actually dig a little closer,

and you realise that it's not entirely political, or even political at all, why they like Trump.

In fact, the story of their support is much more to do with shared values of social conservatism,

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