Taichung mayor spurns Eric Chu's call to succeed him as KMT chair

Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) has said she will not run to head the Kuomintang (KMT) because she needs to be in Taichung when the city "needs her most" to deal with American tariffs on Taiwan-made goods.

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