Wu Yi-hsuan respects Chiang Wan-an's decision not to campaign alongside her, stresses she is running on her own

Aug 21, 2026

Taipei City councillor candidate Wu Yi-hsuan has played down friction in the blue-white cooperation, signalling acceptance of the Kuomintang's arrangements for campaign appearances — a positive sign for the atmosphere of cooperation between the two parties ahead of the year-end elections.

  • The KMT's Taipei City branch said Chiang Wan-an will not appear on stage for individual Taiwan People's Party councillor candidates, and will attend only joint rallies.
  • Some white-camp candidates have privately criticised the arrangement as a handout, but Wu Yi-hsuan has publicly said she does not see it that way.
  • Wu said she fully respects the KMT's arrangements: if they are willing to help she is grateful, and if it is not convenient that is fine too, since in an election you have to rely on yourself anyway.
  • Many online commenters have called for votes allocated to incumbent councillor Chung Hsiao-ping to be switched to her. She said she was grateful, but that the reality of a campaign is that votes only count once they are actually cast into the ballot box.

Outlook: Blue-white cooperation in Taipei will continue to centre on joint rallies in the short term, and disputes over individual campaign appearances are likely to recur.

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