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DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang appeared on TVBS's "Shaokang War Room" (a special project of "Who Will Be the Mayor of the Six Cities" hosted by Zhao Shaokang, the founder of "Battle Blue"), and faced off against Qian Yijun and "United Daily News" reporter Li Chengying. After the program was aired, YouTube's peak simultaneous online audience exceeded 140,000, and the Pan-Blue channel's single-day views exceeded 120,000 (an increase of nearly six times), demonstrating significant cross-strata and "circle-breaking" attention.
Stepping out of the stratosphere to demonstrate extremely high argumentative confidence
DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang appeared on TVBS's "Shaokang War Room" (a special project of "Who Will Be the Mayor of the Six Cities" hosted by Zhao Shaokang, the founder of "Battle Blue"), and faced off against Qian Yijun and "United Daily News" reporter Li Chengying. (Taken from TVBS's "Shaokang War Room" YouTube) Facing the Blue Camp's offense and defense, Shen Boyang showed extremely high confidence in his argumentation. On the topic of drugs, he clearly clarified that he “never advocated the decriminalization of drugs or the legalization of marijuana,” and restored the 2014 old article that advocated social assistance to find out the causes of addiction. He pointed out that methadone and clean needles are long-standing harm reduction measures of the WHO and the North City Joint Medical Clinic. He also quoted the speech of the current mayor Jiang Wanan when he was a legislator in the past, proposing support for methadone treatment, proving that this is the current medical norm and does not encourage drug abuse. The conclusion of its guiding paper also clearly states that Taiwan is not suitable for legalizing marijuana at this stage.
On the issue of the death penalty, Shen Boyang admitted frankly that Taiwan does not have the conditions to abolish the death penalty at this stage. The system still maintains the death penalty and will never abolish it hastily. The current focus is on prudent judicial procedures, preventing unjust cases, and improving victim protection and social safety nets. He quoted Zhao Shaokang's famous saying "election campaigns should be happy" and advocated that complex policies should return to institutional and practical discussions instead of being reduced to malicious labeling.
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Advocating for the continuation of the Twin Cities Forum without political preconditions
Regarding the general recall and cross-Strait issues, he emphasized that the recall was a matter of constitutional participation, and that the real rift came from negative smear. As for the Twin Cities Forum, as long as it met the political conditions of "no 1992 consensus, one country, two systems", had substantial benefits, and supported industry development, he was willing to renew and attend the appointment in person. He also humorously stated that his status as a wanted criminal in the CCP requires him to be more cautious, open and strict in handling communications than anyone else and strictly adhere to his position.
On the question of national security and surveillance, he clarified that the funding for the research institution came from international legal organizations; the bulletproof vests were professional security advice; the prosecutor also verified that it was true that about 360,000 yuan of overseas funds were received at his doorstep, and he commissioned the credit reporting industry to install pinholes to track the young girl. This confirmed that the threat was real, but he would never fall into a fear trap.
At the municipal level, he proposed a multi-pronged approach to Neihu transportation (aligning flexible commuting times in science and technology parks, building "rent-not-for-sale" social housing for employees, and optimizing the road network) and promoting nutritious lunches to be fully public-funded and free. Zhao Shaokang later praised him for his quick response and good academic experience, and publicly warned "Jiang Wanan's team should be nervous." Writer Nine Knives also praised him. Shen Boyang transformed the away game into a policy stage with clear logic and stable emotions, undoubtedly injecting a new style of rational dialogue into the Taipei election campaign.
Shen Boyang visited Japan last month and was running on the street. Netizens spotted him wearing a bulletproof vest. (File photo, taken from Shen Boyang Threads) (The author is Free Industry)
