'I think this arose from a collision of Taiwan-China tensions, but it took form in this specific way because of the gun violence that is in our country,' one expert says.
Chen said that “in the U.S., most pro-independence and Chinese nationalist groups don’t intermingle, so the politics of the shooter would’ve made him part of a very separate community than the politics of the church congregation.
Ji, who has been in contact with congregation members since the shooting, said what happened Sunday is completely at odds with what he’s personally seen in his work with the Orange County AAPI community.
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