Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih stated, "Within my term in office, I will not touch the issue of unification [with China]" at a press event on Jan. 11, Financial Times reports. This comes after former Taiwan president and KMT elder Ma Ying-jeou said in a televised interview on Jan. 10 that Taiwan needed to trust Chinese President Xi Jinping and that unification with China was constitutionally acceptable.