Female candidates to compete for top leadership

Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party endorsed the candidacy of Hung Hsiu-chu on Sunday in the Taiwan leadership election next January.

The party's representatives gathered at the party's congress in Taipei on Sunday and approved Hung's nomination with applause.

Hung, 67, is set to face Tsai Ing-wen, 58, chairwoman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, who was nominated in April for the 2016 election.