(1) Julian Kuo, Taiwan set for year of leadership battles in its two major parties. South China Morning Post, Jan 10, 2014 (available now; under the heading Comment, Insight & Opinion) www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opi ... s-two-major-parties
(“If [Eric] CHU [Li-luan] 朱立倫 takes this course, Ma will have to rethink his succession planning. Chu may well challenge Vice-President WU Den-yih 吳敦義, who is generally regarded as Ma's handpicked successor. Chu's move might also suggest to middle-aged party members that they should start competing more actively to succeed their seniors. Born in 1961, Chu has the right credentials and a good track record and scores consistently higher than Wu in popularity polls”)
Excerpt in the window of print: "If Sean Lien does run for mayorship, he is set to become a major force in the party against Ma"