Taiwan’s presidential election will be a three-way race after all
Even with a divided opposition, polls point to a tight contest
The question of who will be Taiwan’s presidential candidates for the election due next month was finally settled on November 24th. After a breakdown in last-ditch negotiations between the island’s main opposition leaders, there will be a three-way race. Hou Yu-ih of the Nationalist Party, or KMT, and Ko Wen-je of the upstart Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) will run against William Lai, the vice-president and candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of Foxconn, a giant electronics-maker, who had campaigned as an independent, has withdrawn.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Ground zero”
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