Yan Xiong, a former communist China defector, wants to take down former Mayor Bill de Blasio in the race for Congress.
“It would be horrible if Bill de Blasio is elected to Congress,” Xiong told The Post Sunday.Nearly 20% of the population in the newly drawn 10th Congressional District is Asian American, taking in Chinatown in Lower Manhattan, as well as the large Chinese immigrant community in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
“De Blasio ignored Chinatown and Asian American community,” he said. “The Chinese community will not be ignored if I’m elected to Congress.” On Monday, the aspiring representative will hold a “Stop de Blasio” rally in Chinatown as part of his push for Congress. Yan Xiong lead protests at Tiananmen Square as a young student dissident in China before he escaped to America.“Bill de Blasio doesn’t care about our Asian communities. He doesn’t care about our safety, and openly discriminated against our high-performing students, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds,” Xiong claims in a campaign flier. “I cannot think of a person more undeserving of the Chinese community’s support and our efforts than Bill de Blasio. Over the last eight years, he single-handedly destroyed Chinatown’s local economy, left us vulnerable to crime and ruined our children’s education.” Xiong claims de Blasio’s educational policies opposing merit and achievement — by attempting to scrap the admission test to get into the specialized high schools and— is bad for America. De Blasio sought to change the policies because only a small number of black and Latino students were admitted. “His policies don’t encourage students to study hard. He doesn’t understand why Asian-American parents care so much about their children’s education. This is good for our nation long-term,” Xiong told The Post.
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