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BackThe KMT's Changhua County Magistrate nominee Wei Ping's political campaign was established. Xie Dianlin supported it, while Xie Yimin watched indifferently from the audience.
The KMT's Changhua County Magistrate nominee Wei Ping's political campaign was established. Xie Dianlin supported it, while Xie Yimin watched indifferently from the audience.
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The KMT's Changhua County Magistrate nominee Wei Ping's political campaign was established. Xie Dianlin supported it, while Xie Yimin watched indifferently from the audience.

Wei Pingzheng, the Kuomintang nominee for Changhua County Magistrate, held a campaign headquarters inauguration meeting on the 6th. He was supported by Speaker Xie Dianlin throughout the whole process. His mother Zheng Rufen served as the head of the advisory group and presented him with rice dumplings. However, Xie Yimin, who failed to win the nomination, stood alone in the audience and watched with a blank expression, which attracted attention.

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  • Wei Pingzheng, the Kuomintang's nominee for Changhua County Magistrate, held the inauguration meeting of the campaign headquarters on the 6th.
  • Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin supported the campaign throughout the whole process, and his mother Zheng Rufen served as the head of the advisory group and presented rice dumplings as a gift.
  • Xie Yimin, who failed to win the nomination, stood alone in the audience, watching with a blank expression.

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In the controversy over the Kuomintang's nomination for Changhua County Magistrate, Xie Yimin actively fought for the nomination but failed, while Xie Dianlin and his parents held different positions.

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Changhua County Mayor Xie Dianlin stood on the stage almost throughout the event to support Wei Pingzheng, who was nominated by the party.

Wei Pingzheng, the Kuomintang’s nominee for Changhua County Magistrate, held an inauguration meeting of the campaign headquarters in Changhua City this morning (6th). Changhua County Magistrate Xie Dianlin supported the whole process. His mother, former legislator Zheng Rufen, served as the head of the advisory group. Today, he also took the stage to present a "meat" symbolizing "baozhong". Zong" to Wei Pingzheng, but sharp-eyed people discovered that Xie Yimin, who claimed to be one of the "Three Idiots of Changhua" and unsuccessfully tried to win the nomination for Changhua County Magistrate, stood alone in the audience, as if watching everything with cold eyes. Everyone shouted "elected" at the top of their lungs. She seemed indifferent and watched everything with a blank face.

Today, people present to support Wei Pingzheng, in addition to local politicians, also include Chen Yuzhen, known as the "Kinmen Tank" or "Kinmen God of War," as well as Party Chairman Cheng Liwen and Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan. Chen Yuzhen also emphasized in her speech that she was elected as the county magistrate of Kinmen, and that Changhua people can visit Kinmen as guests and "drink all they can with sorghum wine."

Among the many politicians on the stage, Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin stood on the stage to express his support throughout the whole process, but neither he nor his mother Zheng Rufen gave a speech. However, the Wei Pingzheng camp arranged for Zheng Rufen to come on stage to present "meat rice dumplings" to Wei Pingzheng to show voters the support of the Xie family.

It is well known in Changhua political circles that Xie Yimin sought the Kuomintang's nomination for Changhua County Magistrate, but both Xie Dianlin and his parents opposed it. Today, sharp-eyed people discovered that when everyone passionately shouted "elected", Xie Yimin stood alone in the audience. While the people were waving flags and shouting, she looked at everything with a blank face. Wei Pingzheng's staff found her and once wanted to invite her to the stage. She refused and continued to watch everything with cold eyes, which seemed quite special and unexpected.

The mother of Xie Yimin and Xie Dianlin, former legislator Zheng Rufen, presented meat rice dumplings to Wei Pingzheng.

The people in the audience waved flags and shouted "elected" at the top of their lungs. Xie Yimin was alone in the audience, as if watching these passions with cold eyes.

Open Questions

  • Will Xie Yimin join the ranks of campaign assistants in the future?
  • What impact will local factional splits have on the Kuomintang’s election in Changhua?

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