Taiwan's Minister of Transportation and Communications Mao Chi-Kuo (C) and Taiwan's Economics Minister Shih Yen-shiang (L) attend a news conference at the APEC Summit in Singapore November 12, 2009. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party is struggling to convince voters of the benefits of the deeper ties with China it has championed, senior party figures said, after a poll drubbing left it facing its biggest crisis in more than a decade.
President Ma Ying-jeou formally resigned as chairman of the KMT on Wednesday to take responsibility for the poor showing in local elections, which took place against the backdrop of protests in Hong Kong against China's interference in the territory's political system.
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