Taiwan's Taoyuan mayoral race turned into a fight over jobs and hospitals, with the ruling party's challenger saying the city lost a TSMC project and a planned teaching hospital — and the city government saying both are still on track.

• DPP candidate Huang Shih-chieh, marking 100 days to the election, said Mayor Chang San-cheng failed to secure TSMC's arrival in Taoyuan or the planned Tsing Hua University hospital.
• The city government pushed back, saying the third phase of the Lungtan science park is moving ahead with the central government and that TSMC remains open to it.
• Officials said land purchases and compensation for the site have already been started early, in coordination with the science park administration.
• On healthcare, the city said a municipal hospital has been approved and is now in real planning, not just talk.
• The city framed the whole exchange as campaign noise, questioning what the challenger has delivered for Taoyuan in over a decade in politics.

Outlook: Expect TSMC's Lungtan expansion and the municipal hospital to stay the central battleground for the next 100 days of the campaign.