seems like it might have started with California politics, specifically candidates like @chesaboudin who had Chinese characters in their name and bilingual election materials for what I assume is community outreach. feels pretty inappropriate for others to do it as a fad...
its pretty standard for San Francisco politics, all local politicians do it here cause of the large Chinese community that dates back to the 19th century. London breed even distributed fake cash for Chinese new year alongside campaign materials.
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