Could Taipei elect its first DPP mayor in more than 30 years?

Puma Shen has used local issues to take a surprise lead over KMT's Chiang Wan-an The incumbent KMT mayor of Taipei, Chiang Wan-an, right, is facing what would be a humiliating defeat at the hands of first-term legislator Puma Shen of the DPP. (Source photos by Reuters) Chris Horton is a Taipei-based journalist and author of "Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and Its Struggle for Survival," published by Macmillan in 2025.