
During the golden weekend before the election, blue and green competed in Taipei City, and supporters braved the rain to participate.
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During the golden weekend before the election, Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party and current Taipei mayor Chiang Wanan held separate election campaign events to win support from voters.
Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party Shen Boyang held the "Ocean Current Festival" music event yesterday. Supporters poured into 228 Park despite the rain to participate, and the atmosphere was enthusiastic. (Photo by reporter Chen Yikuan)
During the golden weekend before the election, there will be a big fight between blue and green in Taipei! Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party held an "Ocean Current Festival" music event yesterday, using music, games and small water droplets to interact happily. The event lasted for six hours, and heavy rain could not dampen the enthusiasm of supporters. Shen Boyang arrived in the evening and gave a speech, saying that in 228 Park, a place that inherits the spirit of music, rebellion and diversity, please cast your vote in two weeks and join him in creating the history of Taipei City.
Continuous heavy rain cannot dampen the enthusiasm of supporters
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan launched the "Security Parade" to build momentum for the election. The two marches met in the square in front of the Taipei City Hall. Chiang turned full-force on the Democratic Progressive Party during his speech, criticizing the government for filling society with confrontation and unrest, and calling on supporters to use their votes to cast a vote of no confidence in the Democratic Progressive Party government.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan launched the "Safety Parade" to build momentum for the election, and gathered in the square in front of the Taipei City Hall. (Photo taken by reporter Fang Bin)

Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Lai Jianxin emphasized at the referendum opinion conference that non-nuclear power has not hindered Taiwan's economic growth, and there is no inevitable causal relationship between nuclear power and economic growth. The restart of nuclear power should return to the rule of law and professional review, rather than handling it in the form of a referendum.

DPP New Taipei mayor candidate Su Qiaohui broke her right front tooth after colliding with a god at a Xinzhuang campaign party, but she still managed to finish singing her signature song "Pink Supercar" in pain. President Lai Ching-te and former President Tsai Ing-wen came to support each other. Lai Ching-te praised his strong spirit of "breaking his hand bones, knocking out his teeth, and swallowing blood." He believed that this is the quality that New Taipei City needs as a mayor. KMT candidate Li Sichuan expressed concern on Facebook and hoped for his speedy recovery.

The White House announced that U.S. President Trump will attend the APEC Summit in Shenzhen, China, on the 18th and 19th, and will hold the first tripartite leaders' meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss nuclear weapons control and Iran issues. The bilateral talks between Trump and Xi will not involve the Huida case, and accompanying business leaders include Musk.

The Police Department launched a pre-election anti-gang operation, targeting the three major gangs, the Bamboo Alliance, the Tiandao League, and the Northern Alliance, as well as local collaborators involved in transnational repression. It expanded inspections of eight major industry venues, including hotels, and strengthened security for the fifteen candidates and auxiliary candidates on China's Taiwan independence list to prevent pre-election transnational repression from affecting the fairness of the election.

The COP31 heads of state summit was held in Turkey. The leaders of the Marshall Islands, Palau, Eswatini, Tuvalu, and St. Kitts and Nevis made speeches respectively, supporting Taiwan's participation in the global climate governance mechanism and affirming its contributions in the fields of disaster resilience, energy transition, and environmental governance.

Wang Mingsheng, president of the Kuomintang's Sun Wennan Institute, and Pan Jinying, director of the Women's Department, took a woman surnamed Min to Beijing to meet with the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, and were suspected of accepting funds to intervene in the district chief election in Gushan District, Kaohsiung. The three were detained under the anti-infiltration law. The court ruled that Wang would be released on bail of NT$600,000, and Pan and Min would be granted bail of NT$400,000 each, and were restricted from leaving the country.