Taiwan’s opposition parties unite

Taiwan will KMT, TPPdpphold in January that could lead to a significant relaxation of the island-state’s defiant posture . That would be a big geopolitical event. And after Taiwan’s main opposition parties announced on November 15th that they had struck an electoral pact, it looked a lot likelier.Less than ten days before the deadline to register candidates for the election, Hou Yu-ih of the Nationalist Party, or and Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People’s Party () said they would run on a joint ticket. They had not agreed which of them will be its presidential candidate. But as both are far friendlier towards China than the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (), victory for either would bring a big change.