President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who doubles as chairwoman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), gave her approval Sunday to the selection of Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) to run for the Taipei mayoral post under the DPP banner in the Nov. 26 local government elections.

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