New Taipei Mayor Hou You-ih (center), Kuomintang's presidential candidate, takes an interview in New York Saturday. CNA photo Sept. 16, 2023 New York, Sept. 16 (CNA) The presidential candidate for Taiwan's main opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) said on Saturday that the main purpose for his ongoing trip to the United States is to raise awareness about issues involving ensuring peace in the Taiwan Strait and to ask for Washington's assistance on economic and trade matters. Speaking with reporters in New York after arriving on Thursday for the eight-day trip, the New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) said the aim of his visit is to ask the U.

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