{"id":159589,"date":"2026-11-01T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159589"},"modified":"2026-11-01T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:00:18","slug":"could-taipeis-unexpectedly-tight-mayoral-race-add-to-cross-strait-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159589","title":{"rendered":"Could Taipei\u2019s unexpectedly tight mayoral race add to cross-strait tensions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaipei Mayor Wayne Chiang Wan-an faces an unexpectedly tough re-election fight in a race closely watched for its potential to damage the main opposition party Kuomintang and further strain the island\u2019s relations with Beijing.<br \/>\nJust five months ago, Chiang appeared comfortably positioned for a second term in a city where the KMT has traditionally enjoyed an advantage over the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.<br \/>\nA poll by local cable news network TVBS in late May put him 28 percentage points ahead&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3372865\/could-taipeis-unexpectedly-tight-mayoral-race-add-cross-strait-tensions\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaipei Mayor Wayne Chiang Wan-an faces an unexpectedly tough re-election fight in a race closely watched for its potential to damage the main opposition&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\/159589"}],"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=159589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}