He said Beijing should “cherish” Taiwan’s companies and not put pressure on them during an election. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Foxconn is facing a tax probe in China, two sources close to the company said on Monday, confirming a report in China’s state-backed Global Times.
Mr Lai says only Taiwan’s people can decide their future, and Beijing has rebuffed his offers of talks. Taiwanese companies will lose their confidence in China and if they feel scared will shift production elsewhere, which will be a big loss to China, Mr Lai added. Mr Gou cancelled without explanation a campaign event originally scheduled for Monday evening, and has no events planned for Tuesday, according to his media team.
Taiwan frequently accuses Beijing of seeking to exert pressure, whether military or economic, to sway the outcome of its elections to ensure an outcome favourable to China, whose government has not commented on the Foxconn probe. Authorities in China have not yet confirmed the probe, which has not received further media coverage within the country.
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