Is Mayor Chiang copying Shen’s newsletter idea?

2026-11-04

Running for Taipei Mayor, DPP’s Puma Shen will publish the third issue of his newsletter next week. The new issue will be edited by well-known astrologer, Jesse Tang, and include horoscope predictions. However, running against him, Mayor Chiang Wan-an, also released a new publication called, “Wan-an Alarm.” Does the alarm mean he wants citizens to brace themselves? Many seem to be accusing him of plagiarizing Shen, to which KMT Lawmaker Lo Chih-chiang fired back saying, “Is breathing also plagiarism?”

Arriving at the Legislative Yuan, the DPP’s candidate for Taipei Mayor, Puma Shen is wearing a tie. He is invited to a fashion and beauty event on Wednesday, which explains his outfit switch up.

Puma Shen
Taipei Mayoral Candidate (DPP)
This is a program that is focused on dressing well, but I honestly don’t know how to be stylish like that, so I just wore a tie so it looks a bit more formal.

Shen has become a huge source for online traffic causing programs to rush to interview him. As his campaign grows steadily, he plans to publish the third issue of his campaign newsletter next week. At the same time, his opponent, Mayor Chiang also released a brochure, “Wan-an Alarm,” which details a policy comparison with Shen. He came under fire for plagiarizing this.

Puma Shen
Taipei Mayoral Candidate (DPP)
Normally, when you hear an alarm, you should hide. So I think the name is quite interesting.

Lo Chih-Chiang
Legislator (KMT)
I am currently plagiarizing Puma Shen. Why? Because I am breathing. I am wearing glasses so I am also copying him. I am wearing a suit jacket so this is also plagiarism. I am wearing shoes which are also plagiarizing him. Is having longer hair also plagiarizing him? Puma Shen is really the center of the universe; I offer you my worship and respect.

Rosalia Wu
Legislator (DPP)
I heard they printed a million copies, wow! What a huge accomplishment. I’m also a Taipei citizen, I will go home today and check my mailbox to see if I received a “Wan-an Alarm” newsletter. Once I see the contents, I can share my thoughts.

Since she hadn’t seen Mayor Chiang’s new publication, a reporter on-site provided a new copy of the “Wan-an Alarm,” for Rosalia Wu to see.

Rosalia Wu
Legislator (DPP)
There are so many photos of Mayor Chiang. You can count it too, how many are there? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, there are 9 photos of Mayor Chiang.

Comparing the campaign newsletters, one is more like a newspaper with 6 pages, the other is more of a single-sheet flyer. Whether citizens opt for the blue or green product, remains a small indicator of the election result.

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#dpp #kmt #newsletter #萬安警報 #chiangwanan #pumashen

"萬安警報"遭酸又抄襲! 沈伯洋:命名是要選民躲起來嗎?

2026-11-04

民進黨台北市長候選人沈伯洋，下周將推出第三期順報，預告將由唐綺揚操刀，刊登星座運勢，而對手蔣萬安，也祭出新文宣，命名"萬安警報"，遭外界酸是要選民躲起來嗎? 更有人質疑競選策略再度抄襲，對此羅智強辯稱"現在連呼吸也是抄襲"。

現身立法院，民進黨台北市長候選人沈伯洋，難得搭配領帶，原來週三接到時尚美妝節目通告，特別經過一番打扮。

[[台北市長候選人(民) 沈伯洋]]
“他本身就是一個比較著重打扮的節目，但是我也不知道，著重打扮到底應該怎麼做，所以就想說多繫一條領帶，看起來比較莊重一點”

沈伯洋成為流量密碼，各大節目、專訪搶著敲通告，而選戰腳步穩扎穩打，下周將推出第三期順報，只是同一時間，對手蔣萬安也推出文宣，取名"萬安警報"，附上和沈伯洋政見對比，更再度主打"輝達"’當政績，並由派報員一一投遞信箱，遭外界狂轟又抄襲。

[[台北市長候選人(民) 沈伯洋]]
“通常警報你是要躲起來，所以這個名字取的，我覺得也是蠻有趣味性的”

[[立委(國) 羅智強]]
“我現在就在抄襲沈伯洋，為什麼，我在呼吸啊，我戴眼鏡也是抄襲他啊，我穿西裝外套也是抄襲他，我有穿鞋也是抄襲他，我長頭髮也是抄襲他啊，沈伯洋你真的是宇宙中心太陽神，我對你無限的膜拜跟崇敬”

[[立委(民) 吳思瑤]]
“聽說他是(發)一百萬份，哇，好大的手筆喔，我也是台北市民，我今天會回家看看我的信箱，有沒有收到這個萬安警報，可能看到內容，才能夠說一些我的心得”

既然沒看過對手新刊物，現場記者當場提供熱騰騰的萬安警報，讓吳思瑤搶先看!

[[立委(民) 吳思瑤]]
“這裡面有好多蔣市長的玉照喔，你可以數一下，有多少蔣市長的照片，一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九，呵呵呵，有九個蔣市長的玉照”

對比順報和警報，一個像報紙，內頁有6頁，一個則是類似傳單，僅僅一張紙總共四頁，藍綠陣營新品，就看選民偏好哪一味。

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Former CCTV presenter critical of Xi seeks temporary asylum in Taiwan

Another Chinese exile has come to Taiwan to seek refuge. This time its Cheng Wanjun, who previously worked as a talk show presenter on China’s state television channel CCTV. He previously served six years in prison in China, after he was reported for saying that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would be China’s downfall. Cheng initially moved to Thailand. But after Chin’s demands to Thailand to repatriate dissidents, he flew to Taiwan to seek temporary asylum. Let’s hear more.

Cheng Wanjun
Former CCTV host seeking asylum
Hello everyone. I am Cheng Wanjun. I am now at Taipei’s Taoyuan Airport, publicly appealing for help. I myself spent six years in prison. To avoid being politically persecuted by the CCP a second time, I have had to move to Taiwan to seek short-term humanitarian protection, so that for the rest of my life I can keep writing and speak freely and do my part to end, as soon as possible, the man-made disaster of dictatorship in China.

Chuang Jui-hsiung
DPP legislative caucus
China is a country severely lacking human rights. From a humanitarian standpoint, and from the standpoint of human rights, he deserves better treatment.

Chang Hung-lu
Legislator (DPP)
We don’t have any laws that can be applied to his situation. We only have the Cross-Strait Act. So, I think referring him to a third country would be the best solution. If he goes to a friendly third country, he’ll be able to travel all over the world in the future, while his personal safety is guaranteed.

Cheng is 58-year-old, and was released from prison in 2025. However, after publishing works he had written behind bars, he was forced into exile overseas. After arriving in Thailand, he feared being deported and recently sought help from the United Nations, but his request was rejected. He then made the decisive move to fly to Taiwan, hoping to obtain temporary political asylum and assistance with resettlement in a third country. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council has said it could not verify the evidence supporting his claims, and noted that he was still able to freely enter and leave China. Under existing procedures, the government can therefore only send Cheng back to Thailand.

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#refuge #humanitarian #ccp #taiwan #thailand

2026-11-04

Man caught with turtles in his pants, marmot taped to body

A shocking smuggling attempt was uncovered at in Kinmen. A man arriving from China by ferry was caught with eight protected turtles and a live marmot secretly strapped to his body. The turtles were wrapped tightly in pantyhoses and attached to the man’s groin area, while the marmot was drugged asleep and taped to his body in a package.

A man with a big duffle bag and a satchel is escorted by Coast Guard officials for a searched. He’s smuggling something, but that something is not in his bags. It’s on his body.

A black package was found in his groin. After ripping off layer upon layer of packaging, officers found eight turtles tightly wrapped in stockings. They were all endangered black-breasted leaf turtles, a Class II protected species in China.

Smugglers stood to make a tidy profit from the turtles, which can be purchased for just NT$200 in China and sold in the black market in Taiwan for as much as NT$30,000. If the sellers manage to pass them off as rare Japanese ground tortoises, which look similar, they can each fetch more than NT$75,000.

And it didn’t stop there. The man also had a white package taped to his body. Officials removed it and opened it up to reveal a 30cm marmot. The mammal had been drugged asleep and later tied to the smuggler’s body. Fortunately, it was discovered just in time.

Kuo Hui-chen
Coast Guard Administration Spokesperson
There has recently been a string of cases of travelers smuggling live animals to Kinmen. The suspect in the latest case was a man surnamed Chiu, who arrived from Quanzhou in China. The case has been referred to the Kinmen District Prosecutors office for investigation for violations of the Act on Wildlife Conservation and the Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases.

The smuggler is 55-year-old Mr. Chiu, with household registration in Kaohsiung. He tried to smuggle animals from China into Taiwan via Kinmen, harming the animals and potentially bringing in foreign diseases. The Coast Guard Administration urges the public to not buy animals of unknown origin. That’s especially the case of marmots, which can carry the pneumonic plague, which has a mortality rate of almost 100%.

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#bizarre #busted #smuggling #pantyhose #marmot

2026-11-04