As the prospect of the opposition party DPP winning the Taiwan presidential election increases, cross-Straits relations could be in for a long winter. George Koo argues Beijing faces a Taiwan with fewer options, even Japan could join the U.S. to interfere in how Beijing and Taipei deal with each other.

A prominent figure in Taiwan’s opposition party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Frank Hsieh made a five-day “unfolding visit ” to the Chinese mainla