Taiwan opposition bid to field joint presidential candidate falls flat

As registration deadline looms, squabbling over opinion polls clouds outlook

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Taiwan People's Party Chairman Ko Wen-je speaks to the media about the results of a poll-of-polls to pick a unified opposition presidential candidate in Taipei on Nov. 18. © Reuters

THOMPSON CHAU, Contributing writer

TAIPEI -- Plans by Taiwan's opposition to unite behind a single presidential candidate have been left in tatters as two parties feud over the interpretation of opinion polls used to pick a joint nominee.

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