Chen Shui-bian's divorce pun draws comment from daughter, mayor

Former President Chen Shui-bian recently posted on Threads, using a pun that played on his daughter Szu-yu Chen's divorce. He wrote, "Every mistake, big or small, is the wife's fault," with the characters for "mistake" (錯, cuò) also sounding like "Qian" (芊), referencing a rumored love rival, a nurse.

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My father just wants to latch onto a trend.

Szu-yu Chen, a dentist, commented on her father's wordplay, stating, "My father just wants to latch onto a trend." She drew a parallel to Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che, who recently visited the Fudong Household Registration Office. The office had handled the divorce registration for Chen and her husband, Zhao Jian-ming, over a year ago, and the mayor had praised the staff for maintaining official secrecy.

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Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che really went to the Dongqu Fudong Household Registration Office.

Chen expressed amusement that the mayor was so up-to-date with current events and gossip. She also acknowledged that her ex-husband, Zhao Jian-ming, believes she is entirely to blame for their marital problems. Chen shared that some patients at her clinic have confided in her about their own struggles with infidelity and difficult marriages, with some women choosing not to divorce despite decades of unhappiness. She offered mutual encouragement to these patients, some of whom have developed health issues like cancer due to their distress.

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Every mistake, big or small, is the wife's fault