Foxconn Boss To Vie For Taiwan Presidency

Terry Gou, who founded Apple supplier Foxconn, said recently that he will run as an independent candidate in Taiwan’s presidential election, ending months of speculation, Huizhong Wu reported for the Associated Press (AP).

Gou criticized the governing Democratic Progressive Party, saying its policies have “brought Taiwan into the risk of war” with Chin I Photo: 江博云 Wikimedia Commons

At a news conference, Gou criticized the governing Democratic Progressive Party, saying its policies have “brought Taiwan into the risk of war” with China, which claims the self-ruled island democracy as part of its territory.

“I will definitely not allow Taiwan to become the next Ukraine,” he added.

He said Taiwan also needs new approaches to the economy and other matters at home.

“Domestically, the national policy direction is filled with all sorts of mistakes. There’s no way to solve the difficulties of Taiwanese industry and people’s livelihoods,” he said.

Gou’s Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is a major supplier to Apple and has many factories in China that manufacture iPhones. Ideologically, Gou is most in line with the Kuomintang, the opposition party that is friendly to China.

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