TAIPEI -- Han Kuo-yu, the Beijing-friendly mayor of Kaohsiung, has won the nomination of Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang to challenge incumbent Tsai Ing-wen in January's presidential election.
The KMT said on Monday that Han's approval rating was 44.8%, higher than that of rival Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of Foxconn. Gou obtained a 27.7% rating, ahead of former New Taipei mayor Eric Chu. The weeklong nationwide telephone poll included both KMT members and nonmembers.
