Taiwan opposition Nationalists elect ex-New Taipei mayor as leader

Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) elected a former New Taipei City mayor as its new leader on Saturday, amid struggling by the century-old party in attracting young supporters.Eric Chu, who has called for resuming exchanges and communication channels with China, won a landslide victory in the four-way race, defeating Chang Ya-chung, president of Sun Yat-sen School affiliated with the KMT, Johnny Chiang, the incumbent party chairman, and Cho Po-yuan, a former Changhua County commissioner.The 60-year-old former New Taipei mayor, who ran in the 2016 presidential poll from the KM…READ FULL ARTICLE