Lin suggested that if the harbor project could attract approximately 2.3 million international tourists annually—roughly 6.5 percent of Paris’s inbound visitors—it could generate around NT$90 billion in tourism value each year.

Once buoyed by strong early polling and factional backing, legislator Lin Dai-hua’s (林岱樺), decline has reportedly left the DPP’s Kaohsiung network — known as the Chu faction (菊系), linked to former Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) — divided and unmotivated to unite behind a single candidate.

Above left: A Wiki map of Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City. Right: Zuoying District directors outline on consolidation plans during a…

Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying (黎智英) and three companies linked to the now-closed Apple Daily were charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiracy to print and publish seditious materials, including allegations of requesting foreign sanctions against Hong Kong and mainland China.

Following a 156-day trial, three judges designated under Hong Kong’s national security law, Esther Toh Lye-ping (杜麗冰), Susana D’Almada Remedios (李素蘭), and Johnny Chan Yung-ban (李運騰), delivered their verdict after more than two months of deliberation.

The court found Lai guilty on two counts of collusion with foreign or external forces and one count related to seditious publications. The three associated companies were each convicted on one count of conspiracy to print and publish seditious materials, as well as conspiracy to collude with foreign or external forces endangering national security.

The case has been adjourned until next month, when Lai and other defendants are scheduled to make sentencing submissions. The sentencing date has yet to be set.