China threat looms over presidential election in Taiwan

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/01/10
By: By JOHNSON LAI and ELAINE KURTENBACH , Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Further deadlock and heightened pressure from China is the likely outcome if Taiwan's independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen wins a second term this weekend, as is widely predicted.

Tsai, of the Democratic Progressive Party, was leading by a comfortable margin in most polls before the standard blackout period on surveys was imposed 10 days before Saturday's election.

In a distribution center in Xindian district in New Taipei City on Friday, school teachers and other volunteers were busy preparing stacks of ballots and other election paraphernalia for distribution to the polling centers.

“We are here to maintain security and make sure no one smuggles out any printed ballot forms," said Chu Kuo-hong, deputy chief of Xindian district police station.    [FULL  STORY]