Soong runs for Taiwan leadership

Taiwan's People First Party Chairman James Soong Chuyu said on Thursday that he will run for the Taiwan leadership.

The Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ingwen, Hung Hsiu-chu of the ruling Kuomintang Party, former DPP chairman Shih Ming-teh and former DPP member and legislator Hsu Jung-shu had announced earlier they would run for the leadership in the election on Jan 16 next year.

Reading from a statement, Soong promised to "build a framework for sustainable and peaceful development across the Taiwan Straits".He said a peaceful and stable relationship between Taiwan and the mainland conforms to the common interests of both sides, the Asia-Pacific region and the world.