Standing alone in a crowd of tens of thousands of people, Chen quietly observed the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) campaign event on Sunday night in Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second largest city, as outgoing president Tsai Ing-wen stepped up to the stage amid a roar of applause. “Taiwan was not an easy car to drive. We faced many difficulties… but we were firmly on the road,” Tsai said in Mandarin, urging more votes for the party’s presidential candidate William Lai Ching-te, currently Taiwan’s vice president. “The car must keep on going steadily in the future,” Tsai added. Chen, in his…
