Candidate Wu loses in 1st round
Felix Wu, a restaurateur who wanted to represent Asians in French politics, lost last weekend in the first round of voting to run a Paris district that includes Chinatown.
Wu, a 36-year-old Chinese Frenchman, took the very un-French tack of mixing ethnicity and politics. He received less than 3% of the vote in the 13th arrondissement but did well in Chinatown. He said his candidacy forced the other parties to add an Asian to their tickets, guaranteeing that the 13th’s municipal council would include an Asian no matter which party wins Sunday’s runoff.
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