Taiwan opposition leader remains election frontrunner after Xi-Ma summit - polls

Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen gives a speech before their central standing committee in Taipei, Taiwan, November 4, 2015. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's opposition presidential candidate retains a big lead ahead of upcoming elections, according to two opinion polls released on Monday, despite a historic summit between President Ma Ying-jeou and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The breakthrough meeting on Saturday was the first by the leaders of the two sides since China's civil war ended in 1949, but it has stoked public debate over the island's ties with its giant neighbour in the lead-up to presidential and parliamentary elections in January.