This undated photo shows the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, China's Taiwan. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

TAIPEI - 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.

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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.