From left: Taiwan’s presidential contenders Hou Yu-ih, Lai Ching-te and Ko Wen-je. Their race has been compared to giving voters “a choice between war and peace.” (Source photos by Reuters)
THOMPSON CHAU, Contributing writer
TAIPEI — After weeks of political horse-trading, it will be a three-way race for the presidency of Taiwan after registration for the election closed on Friday afternoon.
The winner of the Jan. 13 poll — which China and Taiwan’s main opposition party have framed as a choice between war and peace — will succeed President Tsai Ing-wen, who is constitutionally barred from a third term.
