Coco Han (centre) turned her hand and her organisational skills to helping her father, the KMT Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Han Kuo-yu. Their message struck a chord with young and social media-aware voters. Photo: CNA
Coco Han (centre) turned her hand and her organisational skills to helping her father, the KMT Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Han Kuo-yu. Their message struck a chord with young and social media-aware voters. Photo: CNA
Taiwan
China /  Politics

At the Taiwan polls, social media-savvy daughter turns her outsider father into KMT’s brightest hope

  • Coco became Han Kuo-yu’s voice to Taiwan’s young voters
  • Election campaign presence led to parallels with Ivanka Trump

Kristin Huang
Kristin Huang

Updated: 11:24pm, 26 Nov, 2018

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Coco Han (centre) turned her hand and her organisational skills to helping her father, the KMT Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Han Kuo-yu. Their message struck a chord with young and social media-aware voters. Photo: CNA
Coco Han (centre) turned her hand and her organisational skills to helping her father, the KMT Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Han Kuo-yu. Their message struck a chord with young and social media-aware voters. Photo: CNA
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