Focus Taiwan
Date: 2020/01/05

Political parties were all out on campaign trail around Taiwan in a last-ditch scramble for votes on the final Sunday before the Jan. 11 presidential and legislative elections.

The three presidential candidates resumed campaign activities Sunday following a three-day break after eight armed forces members, including Chief of the General Staff Shen Yi-ming (沈一鳴), were killed in a helicopter crash Thursday.

President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party, who is running for re-election, traveled to Nantou, Yunlin, Tainan, Taoyuan and New Taipei to drum up voter support.

Meanwhile, the Kuomintang's Han Kuo-yu went to Taoyuan, New Taipei and Taipei, while James Soong of the People First Party focused his efforts on Taichung, Changhua.    [FULL  STORY]