The British Financial Times published an exclusive interview with the Kuomintang presidential candidate Hou Youyi, which reported that he would ask the United States to make a clear statement to defend Taiwan during his visit to the United States.When Hou Youyi responded to the campaign office, he denied that Hou Youyi would do so, and said that Hou Youyi had a brief dialogue with the Financial Times reporter at the night market.

Comprehensive Taiwan Lianhe Daily Free Times reported that Huang Zizhe, a spokesman for the campaign office of Hou Youyi, said that the Financial Times published "Taiwan Opposition Party (Hou Youyi) will ask the United States to show the attitude of the United States"To Push us For Clarity on Defence Commissions) reported that the conversation occurred in the article was the reporter Kathrin Hille, Kathrin Hille, to invite Hou Youyi to visit the night market.In the process of visiting the Yaya Night Market, many people asked for signatures to take pictures, so the two just talked.

Huang Zizhe said that at the time, Xi Jialin asked Hou Youyi Ruo Ruo's war on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, did he think that the United States would send troops to prevent Taiwan?Hou Youyi said humorously, "I do n’t know who to ask this question. When I go to the United States, I will directly ask the American friends and ask them to answer it." Xi Jialin answered a smile.

Huang Zizhe emphasized that under the noise of the night market, this informal interview, Hou Youyi and Xi Jialin made a humorous answer in a chat situation.In fact, because of the inconvenience of the occasion and time, Hou Youyi euphemistically expressed the conversation with the reporter euphemistically, and then ended the conversation between the two parties early.

Huang Zizhe said that Hou Youyi officially clarified that he would not visit the United States on this visit to the United States, asking the US government to explain whether to defend Taiwan for troops, hoping that the outside world should not misunderstand.