The son of the Kuomintang's honorary chairman, Lien Chan, throws his hat into the ring to become mayor of Taipei. The election will be held on November 29. Sean Lien is a member of the ruling party's central standing committee. The current mayor, Hau Lung-pin, is stepping down from the post, which is sometimes seen as a stepping stone to the presidency. The Taiwanese president, Ma Ying-jeou, is a former Taipei mayor. Former presidents Lee Teng-hui and Chen Shui-bian have also been in charge of the city.

Li Yan became the first mother in Anhui province officially allowed to have a second child under a relaxation in the country's one-child policy. Li gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday. Previously, a family was allowed to have a second child only if both parents were lone children. Now a family can have a second child if just one parent is an only child. The restriction does not apply to ethnic minority families.