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Asian men in Canada often fret that the laws of supply and demand are working against them when it comes to hooking up with the right woman.

Many of Metro Vancouver’s 400,000 Asian men, more than half of whom are ethnic Chinese, express two major complaints about the North American dating scene.

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One: They are convinced that Asian women would rather go out with white men.

Two: They worry that white men prefer Asian women.

Are men with Asian ethnic origins justified in feeling anxious these racial preferences are actually operating in North American dating?

Ronald Lee, founder of a relationship service for Asian men in Metro Vancouver, believes Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other men with East Asian roots who make these complaints are looking for excuses to avoid facing their social awkwardness.

“I think men who say those things are bitter,” says Lee, 33, who on Wednesday night organized the founding meeting of the Asian Men’s Social Empowerment group, designed to help Asian men support each other in building relationships with women.