In a day full of upsets, perhaps the most unremarked upon event was the surprise triumph of the NPP in securing sixteen city council seats and the SDP in securing one city council seat. Two of these candidates, the NPP’s Lin Ying-meng and the SDP’s Miao Poya make history as Taiwan’s first openly lesbian city councilors...
With no money, and a low media profile, the SDP’s Chen Shang-chih has used a creative Facebook campaign to electrify his election campaign for Taiwan legislator...