Self-assured and defiant, Mayor Sheng Thao strongly defended her achievements during her first two years as mayor and went on the offensive against the billionaires who are funding the recall campaign, speaking at a rally this week backed by about 100 supporters in Oakland Chinatown. Local community and business leaders supporting Thao spoke at the Tuesday morning rally, which was held in the courtyard of the Pacific Renaissance Plaza in Chinatown, providing an unspoken rebuttal to corporate media portrayals of Chinatown residents as living in fear of rampant crime and united in opposition to Mayor Thao.

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