“What we have on the ticket are two dragons,” said US Trade Representative Katherine Tai at the two-hour Zoom launch event, noting that both Harris and Walz were born in the lunar year of the dragon.

“It is hard to be Chinese-American in America,” Tai said. “There is a level of scrutiny that is placed on our community by virtue of our origin stories, our names.”

“This is something that this community may get particularly and feel particularly strongly: an extra set of responsibilities in order to feel like we are proving ourselves as Americans,” she added, saying Harris saw Chinese-Americans as “integral” to the country’s fabric.