
Taipei mayoral candidate Shi Fang-gen went to Shilin Shezi Market to sweep the streets this morning. The accompanying city councilor Wang Zhibing accidentally bumped into someone who refused to shake hands and slapped him on the back and choked him on the spot, triggering criticism from netizens.
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With the countdown to the nine-in-one election campaign, the Taipei mayoral election has entered a fierce stage, with candidates actively carrying out street sweeps in the market to solicit votes.
Shi Fanggen went to Shilin Shezi Market to sweep the streets this morning. During the process, Taipei City Councilor Wang Zhibing, who was accompanying him, clashed with people. The picture is a schematic diagram, not related to the news. (provided by readers)
With 27 days remaining in the nine-in-one election campaign, the Taipei mayoral election has become fierce. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan is playing the "wife card" to fight for re-election. His wife Shi Fanggen went to the Shezi Market in Shilin District today to sweep the streets to pay homage to Taipei City Councilor Wang Zhibing accompanied him, but he had a conflict with a woman midway. The woman accidentally bumped into Wang Zhibing because she refused to shake hands. As a result, she hit the woman back on the spot. After the video went viral on the Internet, many netizens criticized her.
The fan blog "North Korean Defector Binglang" shared on Threads that early this morning Shi Fanggen went to Shezi Market to sweep the streets to ask for votes. A woman refused to shake hands with Shi Fanggen. During the process, she seemed to have accidentally bumped into Wang Zhibing, who was accompanying the street sweeper. As a result, Wang Zhibing became furious and slapped the woman on the back vigorously. She even shouted on the spot, "Don't hit me, okay? Why are you hitting me!"
After the video was exposed, netizens expressed, "The aunt in the hat just waved? What is this congressman so arrogant about? Why do you hit ordinary people like this?", "She obviously just doesn't want to shake hands", "Should you call the police if you use violence? Exaggeration, this will disqualify you from the candidacy", "It's super substandard", "The old lady just waved and didn't hit her, so Wang only hits someone."

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