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Ke Zhien is a candidate for mayor of Kaohsiung of the Kuomintang. He recently participated in activities in Qishan area to win local support. His hometown is in Pingtung County.
Kuomintang Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ke Zhien went to Qishan yesterday (26th) to participate in the "2026 Summer Festival Fresh Market" event. Before leaving, someone asked if he wanted to eat (Qishan) bananas? She didn't take it and smiled and said she wanted to eat "Pingtung Banana"! Netizens said, "Go back to Pingtung and choose!"
Ke Zhien and Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong both went to Qishan yesterday morning to participate in the "2026 Summer Festival Fresh Market: Come to Qishan" event organized by the Kaohsiung City Government. Both of them took concrete actions to support local agricultural products.
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But when Ke Zhien delivered her speech, she felt that there was a lot of support for Lai Ruilong around her. She joked that when she was sitting in the audience, she felt "chills running down her spine." If she had the opportunity to join the city government, she would do better. Like Mayor Chen Qimai, although she now knows "who everyone supports," she wants to assure everyone that there really is no difference whether it is blue, green or white.
When Ke Zhien got into the car and was about to leave, someone handed over a few bananas on the ground and asked, "Do you want some of the members?" Unexpectedly, Ke Zhien turned around and said with a smile that he wanted to eat "Pingtung Banana".
This remark aroused discussion among netizens, with comments such as "I won't act anymore, it's amazing", "Are the two actors the same", "Go and run for Pingtung", "It's so ungraceful", "Go and run for Pingtung".
Lan Ying clarified that Ke Zhien joked about eating Pingtung bananas purely because her hometown is Pingtung (she was born in Pingtung County), so she accidentally blurted out that she wanted to eat Pingtung bananas from her hometown. Please don't make any further assumptions.
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Ke Zhien will further emphasize his Pingtung native identity in the coming days to resolve the controversy
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