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Taipei, Aug. 31 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Wednesday are as follows:

Taipei, Aug. 30 (CNA) Former Premier Simon Chang (張善政) Tuesday denied allegations that he plagiarized a research paper as part of a project he applied to undertake from the Council of Agriculture (COA) while serving as vice president of the technology company Acer Inc.

Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Cheng Pao-ching (鄭寶清) has declared his candidacy in the race for mayor in Taoyuan, creating another complication for the DPP as it tries to hold on to power in the northern city.

The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) candidate for Taoyuan mayor, Simon Chang (張善政), yesterday said that he would continue to campaign at his own pace following a change of opponent. “My campaign team will use polling data as a reference and move forward at our own pace. We will listen to people and seek grassroots support, which will hopefully lead us to ... victory,” Chang said during a visit to Taoyuan’s Jingfu Temple. Chang was to run against former Hsinchu mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). However, Lin dropped out of the race las...

Taipei, Aug. 12 (CNA) The ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) candidate for Taoyuan mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) withdrew his candidacy on Friday after having been found to have plagiarized another person's work in his master's degree thesis.