# Taipei mayoral candidates debate as once-safe race becomes tight

https://mins.news/en/video/123570

- CNA, 2026-10-31 09:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nig0zEN_vX0

> Taipei’s two leading mayoral candidates have held their first televised debate. A race once seen as an easy defense for the opposition Kuomintang has become close and is drawing scrutiny, with possible implications beyond Taiwan.

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