Taiwan's opposition People First Party presidential candidate James Soong gives a "thumbs up" as he officially announces his presidential bid in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. The announcement by the veteran politician raises the prospects that enough partisans of President Ma Ying-jeou could defect to Soong, pushing China skeptic Tsai Ing-wen over the top in the tightly contested Jan. 14 poll. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)