Taiwan's opposition alliance is showing strain ahead of the year-end local elections, with Taipei People's Party candidates feeling snubbed by the KMT.

• Some TPP Taipei city council candidates complain that Mayor Chiang Wan-an only shows up at joint rallies, treating their campaigns like a handout.
• Ko Wen-je's answer: the DPP picked a weak Taipei mayoral candidate in lawmaker Puma Shen, so Chiang feels no pressure to work harder for allies.
• Chiang is heading to Chiayi to campaign for a TPP mayoral candidate, which highlights the gap between help given elsewhere and help withheld in Taipei.
• TPP chairman Huang Kuo-chang played down the friction, pointing to personal bonds built between the two parties during the failed mass recall campaign.

Outlook: Expect the blue-white partnership to hold at the top of the ticket while local candidates keep squabbling over who gets real campaign support.