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Before the days of social media, Chinese American activists embraced the email chain to mobilize their community for a cause. Chinese-language schools and alumni associations served as their networks. Then WeChat, a social media app developed by the Chinese company Tencent and released in 2011, made things a whole lot easier. Part Facebook, part Twitter, part WhatsApp, WeChat caught the eye of conservative Chinese Americans, many of them first-generation immigrants. They used it not only to rally around issues they viewed as discriminatory, but also as a lifeline to communicate with family and friends in China. Last week, President Donald...
