TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, January 11, 2024

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Former President Ma Ying-jeou says Taiwan could be open to unification with China, just one of several comments he made to German media that have drawn concern even within his own Kuomintang. That party's candidate for the next president Hou Yu-ih is trying to distance himself from that outlook, in a bid to win over voters uncomfortable with the KMT's traditional pro-China roots. And the country's women politicians face social hurdles while seeking office, in a race that has seen a record number of female candidates take part. Plus: - Taiwan's electoral landscape is the source of growing complaints about misogyny. - The country's Indigenous electorate deals with a generational shift in voter preferences. - Police and armed forces personnel help ensure voters in some of Taiwan's most remote places can cast their ballot.