Free Chinese Election, Due To Take Place Saturday, Emerges as an Exercise in Double-Talk

The three leading contenders are waffling as hard as they can on the question of relations with the communist mainland.

AP/Ng Han Guan
Supporters of the Taiwan People's Party presidential candidate, Ko Wen-je, at New Taipei City, Taiwan, January 10, 2024. AP/Ng Han Guan

The campaigning for president of the Republic of China goes into its final fast-and-furious day in a state of suspended animation on the most vital issue  — how will the Chinese republic deal with the communist mainland?

Opinions on that question are sharply divided, but in the final hours before as many as 19 million of the 24 million people on the island province go to the polls on Saturday, the three leading contenders were waffling as hard as they could.

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