The Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party on Sunday approved the nomination of Hou Yu-ih as the party's candidate in the Taiwan leadership election next January during a party congress.

Hou 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.

(With input from Xinhua)

(Cover: File of the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. /Xinhua)