Voters in Taiwan overwhelmingly chose the opposition Nationalist party in several major races across the self-ruled island in an election in which concerns about China took a back seat to more local issues.
"So, I think if you can't even raise this issue in Taipei … you don't even need to consider it in cities in the south," Professor Wang said.Candidates from the Nationalist KMT party won the mayoral seat in Taipei, Taiwan's capital, as well as in Taoyuan, Taichung and New Taipei city.
Not all votes had been formally counted by the time of his speech, but Mr Chiang and the other candidates' numerical lead allowed them to declare victory. The defeat for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party may be partly due to how it handled the pandemic. The election results will, in some ways, reflect the public's attitude toward the ruling party's performance.
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