Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou casts his ballot at a voting station during local elections in Taipei November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Frank Sun/Pool (TAIWAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Voters in Taiwan began trickling into polling stations early on Saturday in a local election that could show support for the ruling party, the China-friendly Kuomintang (KMT), is waning less than two years before a presidential election.
Saturday's poll is the first chance for the island, viewed as a breakaway province by giant neighbour China, to make known its views since March, when thousands of young people occupied parliament in an unprecedented protest against a planned trade pact calling for closer ties with Beijing.
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