Taiwan’s opposition candidates register for election

Taiwan’s opposition parties registered separate tickets on Friday for January’s presidential election following the dramatic last-minute breakdown of a proposed alliance to topple the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.

The lead-up to the self-ruled island’s January 13 poll is being closely watched — including by policymakers in Beijing and Washington — as it could determine the future of Taiwan’s relations with an increasingly bellicose China.

Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory, detests the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and has halted high-level…