Kuomintang chair 
Cheng Li-wun and Taiwan People's Party founder 
Ko Wen-je both appeared on the evening of September 13 to back Miaoli County Magistrate Chung Tung-chin as he launched his re-election campaign headquarters. The launch gathered the county's KMT camp and put Miaoli's "blue-white" cooperation between the two parties on display, the Liberty Times reported.
Who attended? Cheng walked Chung and other KMT candidates into the headquarters beside Minzu Road in Miaoli City, a site where CNA reported several past KMT magistrates and legislators had also opened theirs and which is regarded as lucky ground for elections. Former magistrates Liu Cheng-hung and Hsu Yao-chang, legislators Chen Chao-ming and Chiu Chen-chun and council speaker Lee Wen-pin joined a large crowd of supporters. Ko brought Chiu Chen-yuan, the TPP's candidate for mayor of Zhubei, along with party officials and candidates from Miaoli.
What did the TPP founder say? Ko said hatred has always been the most powerful tool of political mobilisation, but love and tolerance are more effective. He credited Chung with the ability to get things done and boldness, and said backing him could help build a culture of kindness in Taiwan rather than one bent on bullying people. Chung has brought Lai Hsiang-ling, head of the TPP's Miaoli chapter, into his county government, a move CNA reported is viewed as blue-white cooperation in local politics. Ko said the TPP was supporting Chung not only for Miaoli's sake but so that Taiwan could be better.
What did the KMT chair say? Cheng said Chung had broken through heavy pressure to win four years ago and that satisfaction with his administration has kept climbing. She said Chung was first to call for a Hsinchu-Hsinchu-Miaoli alliance in the year-end election to build a "Taiwan Big Silicon Valley," and called the Miaoli race a showcase for Taiwan's democracy, urging everyone to break down party barriers.
How did Chung answer the president? President 
Lai Ching-te, campaigning the previous day for DPP magistrate candidate Chen Pin-an, had said Miaoli would receive more than NT$2 billion extra next year, CNA reported. Chung said the president was likely referring to larger general tax allocations under the amended revenue-sharing law, but that over ten years Miaoli had paid NT$370 billion in taxes and received only about 38.1 percent back.
Figures referenced: Cheng Li-wun, Ko Wen-je, Lai Ching-te. — JudgeMarket.
