Puma Shen is confirmed as a DPP mayoral candidate, while Lee Yen-hsiu is identified as a KMT lawmaker.
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What happened
Puma Shen is confirmed as a DPP mayoral candidate, while Lee Yen-hsiu is identified as a KMT lawmaker.
Who's involved
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Part of
The Taiwan People's Party and Chinese Nationalist Party are actively engaging in local elections, including candidate support and mayoral race planning.Also in this story
- KMT candidates campaigned in Xihu Township, and KMT-affiliated council members were implicated.
- Lien Chan was announced as the running mate for Lee Teng-hui on the Kuomintang ticket.
- The TPP banned support for a candidate in Hsinchu County, causing cooperation to collapse, alongside stock market forecasts.
The entities involved
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Puma Shen
Taiwanese professor, human rights defender
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Democratic Progressive Party
in Singapore
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Kuomintang
Republic of China political party
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- Taipei mayoral candidates, including Puma Shen, debated drug policy on October 6, 2026.
- The Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party remain political rivals, while various institutions assess the state of Taiwan's democracy.
- DPP lawmakers detailed Taiwan's resilience against invasion while Beijing threatened a blockade, alongside Puma Shen cofounding an academy.