An unusual controversy has broken out regarding drones in the Taichung mayoral race. In particular, the KMT’s mayoral candidate, Lu Shiow-yen, is accusing her opponent Tsai Chi-chang of the DPP of interfering in a campaign event through the use of drones...
It may not be surprising to observe the uptick in Chinese disinformation ahead of the nine-in-one elections scheduled to take place in late November. Nevertheless, what is important to note is to what extent that disinformation is also spread by pan-Blue domestic outlets...
In perhaps one of the most unusual events in local politics in the present race, independent Chung Tung-chin, who is running for Miaoli county magistrate, has been called on by the DPP, KMT, and NPP alike to drop out of the race...
Recent attacks on the DPP mayor of Kaohsiung, Chen Chi-mai, from the KMT’s Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ko Chih-en have hinged around the city’s suicide rate. Ko has pointed to the fact that eight bodies of Kaohsiung residents were found in Kaohsiung’s river in 37 days as a sign of Chen’s poor performance as mayor, insofar as it has affected the mental health of Kaohsiung residents. Ko has otherwise pointed to that there were 4,700 suicides in Kaohsiung in the past ten years, though Kaohsiung’s Health Bureau also responded that suicides were highest in 2019, during Han Kuo-yu’s brief tenure as mayor...
Former Nantou county magistrate Lee Chao-ching, a former member of the KMT, pled guilty to 81 crimes in a second-instance trial last week. As a result, Lee now faces 450 years in jail...
Recent efforts by the pan-Blue camp to attack the DPP have attempted to frame the Tsai administration as lacking transparency and incompetent. Notably, this may dovetail with Chinese disinformation efforts, as amplified by domestic pan-Blue outlets...
