{"id":152571,"date":"2026-06-07T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T02:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152571"},"modified":"2026-06-07T02:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T02:00:15","slug":"rookie-taiwan-lawmaker-blacklisted-by-beijing-makes-long-shot-bid-to-become-taipei-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152571","title":{"rendered":"Rookie Taiwan lawmaker blacklisted by Beijing makes long-shot bid to become Taipei mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA first-term lawmaker who was blacklisted by Beijing over his alleged support for Taiwanese independence will challenge Taipei\u2019s popular incumbent mayor in the local elections later this year.<br \/>\nThe ruling Democratic Progressive Party\u2019s decision to nominate Puma Shen Pao-yang, an outspoken critic of Beijing whose political identity has been built around his calls to strengthen the island\u2019s security, came as a surprise to many.<br \/>\nThe former academic joined politics only two years ago, entering the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3356205\/rookie-taiwan-lawmaker-blacklisted-beijing-makes-long-shot-bid-become-taipei-mayor?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA first-term lawmaker who was blacklisted by Beijing over his alleged support for Taiwanese independence will challenge Taipei\u2019s popular incumbent mayor in the local&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152571"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}