# Taiwan host Tsai Kang-yung faces backlash after appearing at Shen Po-yang campaign event

https://mins.news/en/item/86398

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-05 12:26 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c98rzd82m7r1o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Taiwanese host Tsai Kang-yung drew strong online backlash in mainland China after attending the launch of Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Po-yang’s Taipei mayoral campaign headquarters. Leapmotor, which had previously worked with Tsai, denied he was its ambassador, removed related content and said it reserved the right to pursue legal responsibility.