Taiwan's opposition spent an hour publicly arguing over who will run for president. They can't decide—and the deadline to register is in under 24 hours

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Update, Nov. 24: This article has been updated with details on which candidates registered for Taiwan's presidential election ahead of the deadline at 5:30pm local time.

The dream of a joint ticket by Taiwan's opposition to win the island's presidency is now dead, after weeks of intense negotiations fell apart at the last minute. On Friday, with hours to spare before the deadline, two opposition candidates filed separate registrations to run in the election in January.