Tsai urged members of the public to support her re-election bid as she opened the New Taipei City headquarters for her campaign in Banciao District (板橋). “I would not be who I am today if it had not been for New Taipei City,” she said, adding that she is grateful to it. As the largest special municipality in Taiwan, New Taipei City plays a key role in every direct presidential election, she said. Then-Taipei county became the special municipality of New Taipei City on Dec. 25, 2010, and the nation’s most populous city. If the DPP can win New Taipei City, it would be able to win in the overall elections, she said.

Source: Taipei Times December 01, 2019 15:56 UTC