The businessman said he can “do better than Tsai Ing-wen, or William Lai”, the current Taiwanese vice president. Read more at straitstimes.com.
, Taiwan - The billionaire founder of Foxconn vowed 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.
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. Gou – who donned a cap with Taiwan’s flag – said he can “do better than Tsai Ing-wen, or William Lai”,“Let me, on behalf of everyone, strive for peace. Let me preserve the peace,” he said.
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