Chinese American Trump fans raise election recount funds on WeChat

New fundraising arm preps for comeback, quietly steers some donations to debts

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Supporters, including a group in Minnesota Chinese Americans for Trump shirts, gather to rally with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in a cargo hangar in Minneapolis before the Nov. 3 election. © Reuters

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Pro-Trump Chinese Americans are using the app WeChat to raise money to purportedly help fund recounts of the Nov. 3 presidential election.

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