Fraught relations with neighboring China are dominating the election for the leader of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party. Four candidates are competing for the leadership of the party that has advocated closer relations with Beijing.
Members of Nationalist Party, or KMT, line up to cast their ballot for election of their party chairman at a polling station in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. Fraught relations with neighboring China are dominating Saturday's election for the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party.
That means agreeing to Beijing’s demand that it regard Taiwan as a part of China, something Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party has refused to do. The winner may emerge as the party’s candidate in the next presidential election in 2024, although that selection has yet to begin. Tsai is constitutionally barred from running for a third term.
China refuses to recognize Taiwan’s government and ensures it is excluded from the United Nations and other international organizations.
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