Taiwan's presidential front-runner faces potential coalition

Lai Ching-te also must watch Foxconn founder Terry Gou's wild-card candidacy

20231012 Taiwan election

From left to right, Taiwanese presidential candidates Lai Ching-te, Hou Yu-ih, Ko Wen-je and Terry Gou. (NIKKEI montage/Source photos by Hideaki Ryugen)

TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writer

TAIPEI -- With the election three months away, Taiwan's opposition candidates are running up against a sturdy barrier in their race for the presidency as the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's candidate maintains a comfortable lead in opinion polls.

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