TAIPEI, Taiwan — Terry Gou, who established Apple provider Foxconn, stated Monday he will run as an independent prospect in Taiwan’s governmental election, ending months of speculation.
At a news conference, Gou slammed the governing Democratic Progressive Party, stating its policies have “brought Taiwan into the danger of war” with China, which declares the self-ruled island democracy as part of its area.
“I will absolutely not enable Taiwan to endedupbeing the next Ukraine,” he included.
He stated Taiwan likewise requires brand-new approaches on the economy and other matters at house. “Domestically, the nationwide policy instructions is filled with all sorts of errors. There’s no method to resolve the problems of Taiwanese market and individuals’s incomes,” he stated.
Gou’s Foxconn, officially understood as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is a significant provider to Apple and has lotsof factories in China that manufacture iPhones.
Ideologically, Gou is most in line with the Kuomingtang, the opposition celebration that is friendly to China. The celebration holds that Taiwan and China are part of one nation, called the Republic of China. The Kuomingtang ruled over China in the early half of the 20th century priorto they lost a civil war to the Communist Party. They pulledaway to Taiwan in 1949, where they swore to one day retake the republic.
Gou has long had governmental goals. He lost in the Kuomingt