TAIPEI -- Relations with China and housing issues took center stage at Taiwan's first televised debate among the three presidential candidates on Tuesday as tightening opinion polls heightened the drama ahead of the Jan. 13 election.
Presidential front-runner battles Hou, Ko over China and housing in first debate

Taiwan's presidential candidates took part in a televised address on Dec. 20: the Taiwan People's Party's Ko Wen-je, left, the Democratic Progressive Party's Lai Ching-te, center, and Kuomintang's Hou Yu-ih. (Taiwan's Central Election Commission via Kyodo)
TAIPEI -- Relations with China and housing issues took center stage at Taiwan's first televised debate among the three presidential candidates on Tuesday as tightening opinion polls heightened the drama ahead of the Jan. 13 election.