Restrictions are being lifted on some travel. The KMT wants to put the assets issue behind it, down to zero. The DPP chooses Chen Chi-mai, while the KMT is still mulling candidates for the Kaohsiung by-election. And finally, Bolton book bombshells: What Trump really thinks of Taiwan and more. I had to move some stories to tomorrow to fit in these big, timely stories.

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