Taiwan presidential election: opposition in chaos as China looms in background

Voters are faced with a choice of continuity with the ruling DPP or change, with an opposition that favours closer ties with Beijing On the eve of the deadline to formally register as a candidate for Taiwan's presidential elections in January, the ruling party's pick for vice-president held a slick and short press conference at a Taipei convention centre. Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan's high-profile diplomatic representative to the US, took few questions from the massive crowd of press. She presented he...