Taiwan's KMT leadership contest roiled by accusations of Chinese influence

Party bigwig calls on Beijing to stop videos, urges security agency to investigate

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Taipei on Oct. 9. Squabbling has erupted inside Taiwan's KMT over alleged Chinese interference ahead of a leadership vote this coming weekend. © Reuters

THOMPSON CHAU

TAIPEI -- Accusations of Chinese meddling in the leadership race of the Kuomintang, the biggest opposition party in Taiwan, have jolted the contest and broken a taboo that the KMT had long refused to acknowledge.

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