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Xie Guoliang's debate was "empty" and he missed questions! Tong Ziwei was dumbfounded and reminded the Internet: What did Xie eat?
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Xie Guoliang's debate was "empty" and he missed questions! Tong Ziwei was dumbfounded and reminded the Internet: What did Xie eat?

"Air issues" occurred during the cross-examination session

Quick Look

  • During the cross-examination session of the Keelung mayoral election debate, the current mayor of the Kuomintang, Xie Guoliang, lowered his head while searching for information but failed to ask a question.
  • The host mistakenly thought that he would give up the question and directly ask the DPP candidate Tong Ziwei to answer.
  • Tong Ziwei embarrassedly reminded "Mayor Xie did not ask a question," and Xie Guoliang made an emergency apology.

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Why It Matters

The Keelung mayoral election debate kicked off today. The two candidates went head-to-head on various municipal issues and entered a critical cross-examination session.

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The Keelung mayoral election debate kicked off at noon today (10th). When it entered the third round of cross-examination, it was the turn of the current mayor of the Kuomintang, Xie Guoliang, to ask questions, but he was strangely silent while searching for information. The moderator seemed not to notice the abnormality, and directly invited the candidate from the Democratic Progressive Party. Tong Ziwei answered; faced with the sudden "air question", Tong Ziwei looked like a question mark and reminded awkwardly, "Mayor Xie did not ask a question." Xie Guoliang then apologized urgently and made up his mind. The ridiculous process made netizens laugh and say, "Only Tong Ziwei in the audience is awake."

The Keelung Mayor’s public television debate was held today, with the two candidates going head-to-head on various municipal issues. However, when entering the critical cross-examination session, Xie Guoliang was originally scheduled to ask questions and Tong Ziwei answered. Xie Guoliang lowered his head and was busy organizing paper materials on the table, but did not speak for a long time. The scene fell into a strange silence for several seconds.

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The host at the scene seemed to have mistakenly thought that the question had been completed or that Xie Guoliang had given up asking the question, and instead directly followed the procedure and signaled Tong Ziwei to answer. Tong Ziwei had a question mark on his face and pointed out the embarrassment: "Mayor Xie didn't ask a question just now." Xie Guoliang woke up from a dream and hurriedly apologized and explained: "I didn't read it just now, can I read it? I'm also getting the information..."

After the footage of the debate in which "one forgot to ask, one was in a hurry to call the name, and one was forced to answer in the air" was exposed, netizens ridiculed: "It's so dumbfounding, how can someone be so arrogant, and then this person is the mayor of Keelung, so scary! In a debate, only Tong Ziwei is awake in the world! The mayor of Keelung can only choose Tong Ziwei", "The host thought he gave up this question? I don't know if this is a normal process", "Xie Guoliang didn't read it, and the host didn't notice it, the whole thing was just Tong Ziwei is preparing for this debate very seriously, isn’t he?”, “The three of them were dumbfounded when they saw the debate for the first time. One forgot to ask, one forgot to check the time, and one wanted to answer inexplicably”, “I want to know what I drank.” , "Xie Guoliang's silence expresses his feeling of being underappreciated", "Tong Ziwei's dumbfounded expression is so interesting, I think OS: "Host, are you sure...?!"", "I think Xie Guoliang will vote for Tong Ziwei."

Open Questions

  • Why did Xie Guoliang fail to raise questions in time?
  • Will the host explain this misjudgment?
  • Does this incident have any impact on the election results?

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