Kaohsiung votes to oust China-friendly mayor who sought Taiwan’s presidency


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Kaohsiung votes to oust China-friendly mayor who sought Taiwan's presidency Nationalist party candidate Han Kuo-yu speaks as he concedes defeat in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Jan. 11. | AP AP SHARE TAIPEI – Residents of the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung voted Saturday to oust their mayor, whose failed bid for the presidency on behalf of the China-friendly Nationalist Party earlier this year brought widespread disapproval among residents. The number of votes to recall Han Kuo-yu far exceeded the 574,996 needed to remove him. Han accepted the result in a statement to supporters and media after the threshold was passed. But...