Federal election week two roundup: Chinese Australian voters in the spotlight – video

Each week of the 2019 Australian federal election campaign, Guardian Australia will take a quick look back at  the hot topic of the week. Week two began with Scott Morrison giving the Chinese greeting 'ni hao' to a Korean Australian woman, before eating dumplings in the Sydney suburb of Strathfield. The Chinese-Australian vote then came into sharper focus in the Victorian seat of Chisholm, where two Chinese-born candidates are running against each other. The Liberal candidate, Gladys Liu, made headlines after highlighting a 2016 Guardian interview in which she said the Chinese community thought LGBT issues were 'ridiculous rubbish'

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