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Zheng Liwen said frankly that the three counties and cities in Lanying may be overturned! Zhao Shaokang: I think Taipei and New Taipei are also...

In response to Zheng Liwen's assessment that the elections in Changhua, Yilan, and Hsinchu are dangerous, Zhao Shaokang emphasized that the elections in the two provinces are also tense, calling on candidates to sprint with all their strength with a defeat mentality.

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  • KMT Chairman Cheng Lai-wen said the elections in Changhua, Yilan, and Hsinchu were dangerous.
  • Former China Broadcasting Chairman Zhao Shaokang added in an interview today that the elections in the two provinces were also tense, calling on candidates to regard themselves as lagging behind and go all out in the last 18 days before the election to engage in "infinite war" to win.

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The Kuomintang is conducting an internal assessment of the election situation in multiple counties and cities. Zheng Liwen and Zhao Shaokang respectively expressed their views on the tension of the election.

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Zhao Shaokang, former chairman of China Broadcasting Corporation. (Photo by reporter Zhang Jiaming)

In a recent interview, KMT Chairman Zheng Liwen admitted that the party currently believes that the election situation in Changhua County, Yilan County and Hsinchu County is more dangerous. When former China Broadcasting Chairman Zhao Shaokang was asked about this question today (11th), he placed more emphasis on Taipei City and New Taipei City, saying frankly that the election situation in these two cities is also very tense.

Previously, media revealed that Cheng Lai-wen had privately determined that at least four blue-camp counties and cities were in danger of overturning, including New Taipei, Changhua, Yilan and Zhuxian. In an exclusive interview on TV's "Big Shot" on Tuesday (10th), Zheng Liwen excluded New Taipei and only said that the candidate nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party, Su Qiaohui, was indeed coming fiercely. As for Changhua, Yilan and Zhuxian, she said that everyone in the blue camp did think that these three counties and cities were more dangerous, especially Zhuxian, which had been killed in the party's primary primaries, but now the election situation is stabilizing.

In this regard, Zhao Shaokang accepted a joint interview with the media today. When asked what he thought of Zheng Liwen's speech, he said, "Zhuxian, Changhua, Yilan... I think the two countries are also very nervous! The two countries are very nervous, so we have to work hard! That is to say... especially in the last 18 days, I often say that what we are fighting now is an 'infinite war', and many people don't understand what 'infinite war' means." "Limited war", especially this kind of one-on-one election, you have to use all your strength and fight with both hands and feet, and you can't save a little bit of strength. In this way, no matter whether you win or lose, you have a clear conscience! I think both the candidates and the people who are supporting the election must give their best and fight to the end to win the final victory."

In addition, when Zheng Liwen was asked yesterday if the Kuomintang lost power in many counties and cities in this election, whether she would take the blame and resign due to the defeat, Zheng Liwen was quite confident that such a thing would not happen to the KMT. Zhao Shaokang responded today: "I think... I told Jiang Wanan the same thing. Now the KMT candidates must regard themselves as defeated and work hard. Go and fight, because if you are the winner now, you don’t need to work hard! If you think you are the loser, you will try your best and never have any reservations. Every candidate should treat himself as if he has not won the election, and then strives to win. " He also emphasized that victory or defeat is a common thing in military affairs, and it is difficult to predict until the last moment.

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