Cai Kangyong was invited to serve as a member of the selection committee for the head of the Youth League of the Kuomintang. He later withdrew because he did not agree with the selection method and refunded the travel fee.

2026/10/06 07:05

Cai Kangyong recently appeared in Shen Boyang's bid for president, and his past interactions with the Kuomintang were also revealed. (Photo taken from Facebook)

[Reporter Fu Mingyu/Taipei Report] Tsai Kang-yong made a low-key appearance on the 4th at the inauguration meeting of the Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang's campaign headquarters, sparking heated discussions; he later also accepted the "Rock Zone" invitation from the Kuomintang's Taipei mayoral candidate Chiang Wanan. As his political stance came under greater scrutiny, old news from 2010 was also uncovered. It turned out that Cai Kangyong was invited to serve as a selection committee member for the head of the Youth League of the Kuomintang, but he finally withdrew because he did not agree with the selection method, and his travel expenses were refunded.

In order to select the general leader of the Youth League, the Kuomintang recruited 20 selection committee members from academia, party and government circles and the entertainment industry, and planned the selection in three stages. Candidates must write an essay "If I were the head of the Kuomintang Youth League" and shoot a 5 to 8-minute self-introduction video. Creativity is also included in the scoring.

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Tsai Kang-yong was concerned about how the KMT was trying to win over the younger generation 16 years ago, but eventually quit because he did not agree with the selection method. (Photo taken from Facebook)

According to media reports that year, Cai Kangyong bluntly stated at the selection meeting that the original selection method lacked creativity and was worried that the final candidate would be too mediocre, which would fall short of the KMT's expectations of winning over young people. He was interviewed at the time and said: "I think every political party has their own way of doing things, as well as their own traditions or styles. Therefore, if an outsider puts forward some wild suggestions without a good understanding, I think it will be good for them to listen. I really can't expect that they will be able to make changes quickly."

In the end, Cai Kangyong did not want to just "endorse" the event, so he decided to withdraw from the jury and return the travel expenses for attending the meeting to the Kuomintang. Cai Kangyong explained at the time that he was invited to participate not for remuneration, but because he wanted to understand how an old political party faces generational issues. He said: "I'm not going to collect carriage fares, but to see what a political party will do if it thinks they are old and wants to become younger."

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