TAIPEI/KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- This week's Taiwan presidential election is framed by many onlookers as a poll to decide the democratic island's future relationship with China. But for one key constituency, it's as much about more material issues such as wages, inflation, energy security, equality and social justice.
Taipei's Ximending shopping district: Young people, who were previously less politically active in Taiwan, hold the potential to swing the next election. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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