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Chiang Wanan is the mayor of Taipei. He recently faced the challenge of the Democratic Progressive Party nominating Shen Boyang to run for mayor of Taipei. Polls show that the gap between the two has narrowed. Shen Rongqin is an associate professor at York University in Canada and often comments on Taiwanese political issues in the media.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan went to the "Shaokang Situation Room" for an exclusive interview yesterday. Shen Rongqin, associate professor at York University in Canada, pointed out that Chiang Wanan mainly said three things in the interview, including "I have many political achievements, but I am not good at publicizing them", "My family has been fully slandered by the Democratic Progressive Party", "Avoiding polling data" " etc., Shen Rongqin questioned, Jiang Wanan's reluctance to talk about the details of the polls shows that he still dare not face the "ridiculous attitude" when he heard that the DPP nominated Shen Boyang, to the shock of the polls that later took shape, so he dodges as soon as he heard about it, which also shows that his heart was greatly affected by the rise of the currents.
Shen Rongqin posted on Facebook that Jiang Wanan accepted an exclusive interview with "Shaokang War Room" and the most important message was that he invited Lu Xiuyan to serve as the chief campaign committee member, which means that he will support Lu Xiuyan to run for the 2028 presidential election. He will not run himself, but will support the strongest candidate of the Kuomintang.
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Shen Rongqin bluntly said that in addition to this, Jiang Wanan mainly said three things: First, "I have many political achievements, but I am not good at publicizing them." Jiang Wanan's most proud political achievements include: Huida's settlement, the completion of the Dome, free nutritious lunches, public care, social housing, fresh milk, smoke-free cities, etc. He also plans to lower the threshold for urban development, etc., but he still doesn't know much about the AI park. Because he is not good at publicity, many citizens do not understand his political achievements.
Secondly, "My family has been fully slandered by the DPP." On the one hand, Jiang Wanan continued to publicly say that Shen Boyang wanted to distribute drugs and needles in the community. On the other hand, he believed that his underage son had been unfairly wronged, and said nothing about his privileges, while trying his best to create a victim persona. Jiang Wanan also emphasized that in addition to promoting his political achievements, he will also do his best to tear off the negative labels on himself.
Shen Rongqin questioned that Jiang Wan'an ignored that since the election, it was Jiang Wanan's team who created rumors and engaged in negative campaigning. Shen Boyang's team had never engaged in negative campaigning, but only talked about political opinions. Jiang Wanan deliberately misled netizens’ opinions into those of Shen Boyang’s team.
Third, "avoid talking about polling data." When Jiang Wanan was asked on the show why the polls were so close to Shen Boyang's, he only emphasized that it was a return to the blue-green basics and the influence of "various factors", and was unwilling to talk about the details and reasons of the polls.
When asked why in the TVBS poll, 53% of Huang Shanshan's supporters supported Shen Boyang and 39% supported Jiang Wanan, Jiang Wanan did not answer directly and only said that every citizen is a target to fight for. When asked about Shen Boyang's breakthrough into the stratosphere and the support of the heterotherm, how Jiang Wanan should "break the circle", Jiang Wanan did not dare to say that he only sought exclusive interviews with the stratosphere. Instead, he said that being mayor means breaking the circle every day, because there is no distinction between blue and green in governance. Shen Rongqin criticized this as "debate-style nonsense."
Shen Rongqin emphasized that this actually shows that Jiang Wanan still dare not face the attitude of ridiculing Xu Qiaoxin and others when he heard that the DPP nominated Shen Boyang, to the shock of the polls that later took shape, so he dodges as soon as he hears about it. This evasive attitude actually shows that he was deeply affected by the rise of the ocean current, so he was unwilling to look directly at it.
Shen Rongqin also pointed out that from the dialogue between Jiang Wanan and Zhao Shaokang, we also know that the people in the blue camp are generally unwilling to take a stand on the polls in this election because of Fu Kunqi, Weng Xiaoling, and Huang Guochang’s pranks in Congress over the past two years, so they believe that their chances of winning are still not low.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Jiang Wanan will not run for the 2028 presidential election and fully supports Lu Xiuyan as the KMT presidential candidate
Likely · Within months
Taipei mayoral election will continue to focus on poll avoidance and negative campaign issues
Very likely · Within weeks

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