TAIPEI/TOKYO -- Voters in Taiwan will go to the polls on Jan. 13 to elect a new president to lead the island for four years, starting in May.
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Next leader will steer island for four years amid growing threat from China
Taiwan's presidential election is being contested by three candidates -- Lai Ching-te, chairman of the governing Democratic Progressive Party, center, Hou Yu-ih, mayor of New Taipei City from the main opposition Kuomintang, right, and Ko Wen-je, who heads the Taiwan People's Party.
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