After the Zhubei blue-white split, Huang Kuo-chang signals cooperation with Lee Chih-chuan over pickleball

With the blue-white alliance potentially breaking apart in Zhubei, Huang Kuo-chang staged a lighthearted show of unity in New Taipei: a pickleball match with Kuomintang mayoral candidate Lee Chih-chuan.

The Taiwan People's Party chairman invited Lee, party councilor Chen Shih-hsuan and candidate Chen Yu-chieh to play. Huang and Lee formed one team, while the two other politicians played against them. A video of the match was posted online.

Neither Huang nor Lee had played pickleball before. Huang said he had experience playing tennis, while Lee had played table tennis. Their friendly game featured exchanges across the net, including a moment when Huang hit the ball into Lee's head, adding to the playful atmosphere.

Huang said the partnership was about more than warming up. He described the process of playing together and adjusting to each other as a demonstration of mutual trust and cooperation. He said it also represented broad agreement on cooperation in the New Taipei mayoral race and was meant to cheer Lee on as the campaign climate grows tense.

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The most important thing is that, through forming a team, warming up and adjusting to each other, we show mutual trust and a cooperative understanding.