Vancouver’s Chinatown in a generational divide over Ken Sim’s election as mayor


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Vancouver Mayor-elect Ken Sim arrives for a news conference in Vancouver, on Oct. 17.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press In Vancouver’s Chinatown, baker Denny Wong is so enthusiastic about mayor-elect Ken Sim that he’s already thinking about 2026. He says Sim visited his Hong-Kong-style bakery before last week’s election and listened as Wong talked about law-and-order challenges facing the area. Then Sim described his plan to improve safety with 100 more police. “It remains as a question mark whether he can achieve it or not – I believe he can. I told him, ‘If you live up to our expectations, I will...