Kuomintang Party presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu has announced that former premier Chang San-cheng would be his running mate, kicking off a week marked by a property acquisition scandal and controversial remarks by Han and his wife.
The Kaohsiung mayor surged to a lead in Taiwan’s presidential race earlier this year but has plummeted in the polls since this summer, dramatically draining the momentum of the populist phenomenon Taiwanese media had dubbed the “Han wave.”
Han trails incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen by 13%, despite a lagging economy and Tsai's low approval ratings.
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