Populist pro-China mayor to face Tsai in Taiwan presidential clash
Kaohsiung city mayor Han Kuo-yu has been named as the Kuomintang party's presidential candidate (AFP Photo/Daniel Shih)/ Taipei (AFP) - A populist mayor who favours closer ties with Beijing was named Monday as presidential candidate for Taiwan's main opposition party as it looks to unseat President Tsai Ing-wen in upcoming elections. Han Kuo-yu won the primary for the Kuomintang (KMT), comfortably seeing off a challenge from Taiwan's richest man, billionaire Foxconn founder Terry Gou. His victory sets up an unpredictable clash as Taiwan ...
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