The Chinese community is indeed getting more and more attention.
May 18, Australia may be a big change, federal election date is set, Labour and Unionparty are making the final sprint.
The last month`s effort is about which party will run the next term, not only about Australia`s fate in the coming years, but also for the Chinese community in Australia.
In order to maximize the sense of presence, paint the mirror, Morrison and Sheldon frequently appear in the major program, and often appear in a variety of road shows and speech activities.
However, yesterday, ABC New reported a very embarrassing thing: Morrison mistook Korea as China, pulling a Korean-born woman to open her mouth is a Chinese: Hello!
This time, Morrison set his goal for Strathfield, to choose this area for a reason.
In the imminent election of key time, REID, the region, which has plenty of Asian immigrant resources, was originally the responsibility of the Liberal Party, but the congressman abruptly announced his resignation.
Morrison must support a new leader as soon as possible against the Labour Party. Morrison also noted the importance of the Asian population.
So, on this Strathfield trip, Morrison, in his perception, is one of the large Chinese communities in Australia, and he hopes to enhance his influence in the Chinese community through this trip. Get more support from Chinese voters.
Along the way, Morrison has always maintained a cheerful smile, see a warm greeting, fully show their affinity.
Morrison visited a number of roadside businesses, asking about a lot of business and security conditions.
Also specially to the street dumpling shop to taste delicious, perhaps through this way to get in touch with the Chinese community faster.
However, dumplings were also eaten, group photos were also taken, and all kinds of friendly and friendly attitudes were passed on.
However, because of a greeting, these are in vain.
At this time, on the street, Morrison saw an Asian-American woman, and soliciting the support of the Chinese community was the greatest purpose of his trip, so he immediately showed up his Chinese proficiency and shook hands as he met. At the same time came a sentence: Hello!
Originally this is the best way to show affinity, but the other side is not Chinese ah. The woman opened her mouth to respond to: nonono, I am Korean. in English.
Awkward, bold embarrassment, in the big picture, Morrison`s original face smile suddenly froze.
Full of joy want to win the approval rate, did not think that the other party is not at all Chinese! The air at the scene was quiet for a moment.
In addition to saying she is Korean, the woman also stressed that this is the Korean district, with a large number of Korean residents.
Morrison is even more embarrassed. What about the Chinese area? what about a large number of Chinese voters?
Not only did Morrison fail to notice, nor did his entourage notice that this was not their main target.
Even the dumplings that have just been eaten are not the Chinese version, and the shops are full of Korean characters.
What was even more embarrassing was that Morrison was followed by the media throughout the trip. He showed Chinese, thought it was a Chinese district, and was finally hit in minutes, all recorded and broadcast.
Morrison is also very helpless, he has just praised for a long time, praise is actually Korean food.
The Korean people who live here are also very sad, thought the prime minister this time the target of condolences is Korean, did not expect that other people`s initial target is the Chinese community.
There are also a lot of people on the Internet to tease Morrison about this face-beating behavior.
In such a critical time, before the trip unexpectedly did not do the survey ahead of time.
Some say maybe a big sign should be placed on the street so that they can understand where they are.
Others joked that perhaps after Morrison came to power, the first policy was to let Asians know where they came from.
A South Korean netizen is very speechless said, Morrison should say hello to a Korean-born lady, this is humiliating.
Another netizen said a very heart-wrenching remark: I am really glad that Strathdield was reported not because of the crime and the headlines on violence, but as proof that Morrison was an idiot.
The lines reflect dissatisfaction with Strathdield law and order, as well as with Morrison.
Although Morrison said "Hello" this time, he looked like an idiot, but his general direction is not wrong.
He hopes to draw closer to Chinese immigrants as evidence of his recognition of the influence of Chinese communities on Australian politics.
Chinese immigrants, who continue to soar, have become the largest group of immigrants from Australia outside England.
At present, according to Australia`s latest official statistics, Australia`s total population of 25327510. I just broke the 2500 mark.
But as an immigrant country, according to 2018 statistics, Australia has more than 7 million immigrants, accounting for nearly 30% of the total population.
Of all immigrants, the largest immigrant population is those from England, with a total of 992000.
China occupies second place in the total number of immigrants, with a total of 651000. It should be noted here that there are more than 1.21 million Chinese living in Australia, and that 651000 are only the number of Chinese with permanent residence or nationality in Australia.
Moreover, the average age of the Chinese immigrant group is about 34 years old, and it is a group with rich age, creative ability and contribution to the society.
There is no doubt about the impact of the votes of these immigrants on Australia`s political landscape.
Therefore, both Morrison and Shearton are actively seeking the support of the Chinese community. Unfortunately, a good move and an opportunity to show favoritism to the Chinese community in Australia, although Morrison has shown his attitude, But also offended the vast number of Korean-American groups.
Mr Morrison, who had fallen behind Labour in the election polls, could only hope for the support of the immigrant community, but his recent series of immigration policies did not win the favour of the Chinese and offended the Korean population.
Will Morrison`s general election prospects be dimmer as a result? But Mr Morrison`s move also attests to the growing importance of the Chinese community.
