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Kaohsiung’s populist former mayor, Han Kuo-yu, has been elected as Taiwan’s legislative speaker. The 66-year-old opposition Kuomintang (KMT) nominee won 54 votes, whilst the outgoing speaker, You Si-kun of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) received 51 votes on Thursday. The Taiwan People’s Party – the island’s third-largest – did not partake in the vote. […]