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Taiwan presidential election hopeful Ko Wen-je, who is striving to break the self-ruled island’s two-party dominance, has described himself as the only candidate “acceptable” to both China and the US. Ko’s remarks came a day ahead of the election on Saturday, when Taiwan’s next leader and legislature will be decided. In a leadership race historically dominated by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) candidate has asserted himself as the “third force,” campaigning on the promise of bringing real change to the island…

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