KAOHSIUNG: The billionaire founder of Foxconn vowed on Sunday (May 7) at a rally that if elected president of Taiwan, he would be able to 'preserve peace' between the democratic self-ruled island and China. Taiwan will elect its next leader in January 2024 to succeed President Tsai Ing-wen, whose two terms
KAOHSIUNG: The billionaire founder of Foxconn vowed on Sunday at a rally that if elected president of Taiwan, he would be able to"preserve peace" between the democratic self-ruled island and China.
Terry Gou - the founder of Foxconn which is a key supplier of Apple's iPhones - had announced in April he planned to seek the presidential nomination of Taiwan's China-friendly opposition Kuomintang party. "The last two years, what I have seen is a government who cannot see the sufferings of the people," the 72-year-old said in a speech to a sea of more than 10,000 supporters.
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