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Which political party will most appeal to B.C.’s large ethnic Chinese population, which tends to be well off, morally conservative and politically undecided?

A revealing Mainstreet poll for Postmedia suggests, on the surface, the centre-right B.C. Liberals are front runners for the almost 500,000 ethnic Chinese people in the province, nine out of 10 of whom live in Metro Vancouver.

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But the centre-left NDP are also holding their own among B.C. voters with roots in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China.

The Greens, meanwhile, are virtually a non-starter for Chinese voters.

“Members of the Chinese community mostly came to Canada with either money or skills,” says Fenella Sung, a former host for Fairchild Chinese-language radio, explaining why the poll suggested 55 per cent of decided Chinese voters intend to vote Liberal.

“Not many of them need to draw support from public resources. Social justice and fairness are low priorities to them. And a change of government means unpredictability. So it is something they fear.”