George Li, second from right, president of the Chinese-American political action committee called The Orange Club, meets with city council candidate Liqing Lee Sun in Irvine, Calif., July 22, 2018. Li, 49, is among an increasingly vocal group of Chinese-Americans who were once politically dormant but have been galvanized by the fight over race-based school admissions. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times)