TAIPEI, July 23 (Xinhua) — The Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party on Sunday convened a congress and approved the nomination of Hou Yu-ih as the party\’s candidate in the Taiwan leadership election next January.
He is set to face Lai Ching-te of Taiwan\’s Democratic Progressive Party and Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People\’s Party, who were nominated respectively in April and May by their parties.