Taipei, Nov. 18 (CNA) Eric Chu (朱立倫), chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and its presidential candidate, has named former Labor Minister Wang Ju-hsuan (王如玄) as his running mate in the Jan. 16, 2016 presidential election.

Chu made the announcement Wednesday afternoon at a KMT Central Standing Committee meeting.

(By Claudia Liu and Lilan Wu)
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