Hate and hope in America's heartland

After past tragedy, the Rust Belt is to learning to embrace Asian immigrants

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A plaque honoring Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American man beaten to death by two white unemployed autoworkers in 1982 (Photo by Hiroyuki Nishimura)

HIROYUKI NISHIMURA, Nikkei deputy editor

During his presidential campaign, the Midwestern Rust Belt provided Donald Trump with some of his most die-hard supporters. For Asian-Americans living in the onetime manufacturing heartland, however, his promises of taking back "stolen" jobs and "making America great again" brought an unpleasant sense of deja vu.

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