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She Hid Her Identity to Work for Cheng Yun-peng’s Campaign Team: Chen Chi-mai’s Wife Explains Why Their Daughter Did Not Campaign for Her Father

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Han Jing said Chen Chi-mai’s daughter worked anonymously on Cheng Yun-peng’s 2022 Taoyuan mayoral campaign, despite Chen also running for office in Kaohsiung.
  • Chen’s wife reportedly said her daughter would not receive meaningful assignments in Kaohsiung because everyone knew she was the mayor’s daughter.
  • Han said the daughter performed the same demanding campaign work as other staff and volunteers, while Cheng learned her identity only after the election.

Chen Chi-mai’s daughter did not campaign for her father in Kaohsiung in 2022. Instead, she quietly joined then-legislator Cheng Yun-peng’s team in Taoyuan, hiding her identity from the candidate and most of the staff.

Han Jing, who worked as Cheng’s aide, said Chen’s wife contacted her to ask whether the campaign needed entry-level workers. The family wanted their daughter to work and learn. Han wondered why she did not simply help Chen, who was also running in Kaohsiung.

Chen’s wife replied, “If she were in Kaohsiung, everyone would already know she was Chen Chi-mai’s daughter, and no one would dare ask her to do anything. She would not learn anything.” Han agreed to take her on, on the condition that Cheng himself not be told. His wife reportedly accepted the arrangement with a laugh.

If she were in Kaohsiung, everyone would already know she was Chen Chi-mai’s daughter, and no one would dare ask her to do anything. She would not learn anything.

· Chen Chi-mai’s wifeShe explained why their daughter worked for another campaign instead of helping her father.

The daughter joined the campaign’s events team, which handled everything from small gatherings to major rallies and often required staff to start work at 3 or 4 a.m. During her interview, the team leader asked whether she had attended election rallies before and knew what the work involved. She answered, “Yes, I’ve attended a few times,” leaving Han struggling not to laugh.

Han said the young worker received no special treatment. She worked long days, carried heavy equipment, and endured the same sun, wind and rain as everyone else. During one vehicle canvassing event, Chen came to help but pretended not to know her. When staff asked his daughter to hand him a microphone, Han said Chen appeared eager to exchange a few words with her, but she simply pushed the microphone into his hand and left without looking back. Cheng learned who his new colleague really was only when Chen’s wife messaged him after the election to thank him for looking after their daughter.

Yes, I’ve attended a few times.

· Chen Chi-mai’s daughterShe answered a campaign leader’s question about her experience with election rallies during her interview.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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