# Who will be Kaoshiung's new Mayor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Taiwan Politics\ **Tags:** kaohsiung\ **Created:** [June 7, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881 "2020-06-07T00:10:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/41 "2020-06-23T22:40:45Z")
Another Kaohsiung City Councilor, this time People First Party member Wu Yi-jheng (吳益政), has joined the mayoral race, this time under the banner of the Taiwan Peoples Party (aka the Ko Wen-je Party): > **[City councilor Wu Yi-jheng to represent TPP in Kaohsiung mayoral race - Focus...](https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202006230032)** > > Taipei, June 23 (CNA) Kaohsiung City Councilor Wu Yi-jheng (吳益政) will represent the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), established by Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) last August, to run in the upcoming Kaohsiung mayoral by-election to be held Aug. 15, the... Guy ---
**Author:** ![Icon](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/icon/32/189245_2.png) [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/42 "2020-06-24T15:36:52Z")
Since part of Han’s appeal was his daughter, they hope that putting a pretty young face will gather enough votes to at least lose decently or even get a few seats in council. Both candidates are playing to the “outsider not stained by politics” meme. Hope the Kaohsiung people do not make the same mistake again… ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/43 "2020-06-24T16:57:24Z")
Are they voting for a new council too? ---
**Author:** ![schwarzwald](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@schwarzwald](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/schwarzwald)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/44 "2020-06-24T22:43:33Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > Are they voting for a new council too? No, city council election don’t come up until 2022, afaik. ---
**Author:** ![DKaoshuing](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dkaoshuing/32/127142_2.png) [@DKaoshuing](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DKaoshuing)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/45 "2020-07-04T16:07:03Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > Are they voting for a new council too? should be single issue election, is the plan. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/46 "2020-07-24T14:14:21Z")
The KMT implosion continues. I guess due diligence is not high on their list of priorities. > **[Jane Lee promises to relinquish degree - Taipei Times](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/07/24/2003740463)** > > Kaohsiung City Councilor Jane Lee (李眉蓁), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) candidate for the Kaohsiung mayoral by-election, yesterday said that she would give up her master’s degree from National Sun Yat-sen University following allegations that... Guy ---
**Author:** ![DrewC](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/drewc/32/224499_2.png) [@DrewC](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DrewC)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/47 "2020-07-24T14:23:57Z")
Ugh. Plagiarism… a hallmark of the laziest, most entitled students and a major issue at Taiwanese universities. That makes me hate her even more. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/48 "2020-07-24T14:33:54Z")
Brian Hioe writing at New Bloom provides more details on the plagiarism scandal: > **[KMT Kaohsiung Mayoral By-Election Candidate Hit by Plagiarism Scandal | New...](https://newbloommag.net/2020/07/24/kmt-plagiarism-scandal/)** > > The KMT’s Kaohsiung mayoral by-election candidate, Jane Lee, also known as Li Mei-jhen, has come under public scrutiny after accusations that she plagiarized her master’s thesis… Guy ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/49 "2020-07-24T14:52:27Z")
Hey, remember when Chen Chi Mai was considered the bland uninspiring candidate? Yeah… good times. ---
**Author:** ![Icon](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/icon/32/189245_2.png) [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/50 "2020-07-24T14:55:19Z")
Has anyone pointed out the irony of her copying from the thesis of a current DPP official? ---
**Author:** ![DKaoshuing](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dkaoshuing/32/127142_2.png) [@DKaoshuing](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DKaoshuing)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/51 "2020-07-24T14:55:59Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > Hey, remember when Chen Chi Mai was considered the bland uninspiring candidate? > > Yeah… good times. There are 3 main choices, see ads for all three around town, Good for media companies. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/52 "2020-07-24T20:54:01Z")
So the KMT really doesn’t want to win anymore lol 😂 ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/53 "2020-07-24T21:19:38Z")
> [@Andrew0409](#): > > So the KMT really doesn’t want to win anymore I suspected that this was the case when the KMT in the Legislative Yuan went all-out to vilify Chen Chu in the recent Control Yuan nomination process. This evidently was to rile up their base while also I surmise punting on Kaohsiung, where Chen was a popular former mayor. Guy ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/54 "2020-07-25T11:10:50Z")
KMT: Yes plagiarism is bad, but we should put this behind us and vote for Li Mei-jhen! > **[KMT stands with Kaohsiung mayoral candidate amid plagiarism scandal - Focus...](https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202007250009)** > > Taipei, July 25 (CNA) The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) on Saturday reiterated that it will continue to throw its full weight behind Li Mei-jhen (李眉蓁), its candidate in the upcoming Kaohsiung mayoral by-election, two days after she said she was... Guy ---
**Author:** ![RickRoll](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rickroll/32/180921_2.png) [@RickRoll](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRoll)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/55 "2020-07-25T11:14:10Z")
96%?! What didn’t she copy? Her name, the title and page numbers? ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/56 "2020-07-25T11:18:43Z")
> [@afterspivak](#): > > KMT: Yes plagiarism is bad, but we should put this behind us and vote for Li Mei-jhen! > > [https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202007250009](https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202007250009) > > Guy Well. They are the KleptoManiac Triad. Only makes sense that they would support a thief. ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/57 "2020-07-25T11:33:38Z")
> [@RickRoll](#): > > 96%?! > What didn’t she copy? Her name, the title and page numbers? Some news reported she even copied spelling errors. ---
**Author:** ![RickRoll](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rickroll/32/180921_2.png) [@RickRoll](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRoll)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/58 "2020-08-05T16:33:15Z")
Looks like copying is really part of Jane’s campaign [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M5cqNd96Pz0/maxresdefault.jpg "KMT’s Jane Lee accused of plagiarizing campaign commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5cqNd96Pz0) ---
**Author:** ![DrewC](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/drewc/32/224499_2.png) [@DrewC](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DrewC)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/59 "2020-08-05T16:47:13Z")
She is going to lose by historic margins. The DPP candidate (who isn’t exactly the most charismatic and dynamic candidate ever) is still beating her by like 30+ points in the polls. At this point the election is more a formality than anything. ---
**Author:** ![DKaoshuing](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dkaoshuing/32/127142_2.png) [@DKaoshuing](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DKaoshuing)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881/60 "2020-08-06T02:50:28Z")
> [@DrewC](#): > > She is going to lose by historic margins. The DPP candidate (who isn’t exactly the most charismatic and dynamic candidate ever) is still beating her by like 30+ points in the polls. At this point the election is more a formality than anything. 3 way election, she may end up being 3rd place. We will see how much influence the Taipei mayor can have have, I see his photos on billboards around town with his party’s running mate and for sure some KMT votes will vote for his party. Just wonder any DPP votes for others as they did not vote for him the first time. [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881.md?page=2) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/who-will-be-kaoshiungs-new-mayor/192881.md?page=4)