Financial Times has dubbed Foxconn Chief Terry Gou as Taiwan’s ‘disrupter-in-chief’ emulating Donald Trump
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/04/22
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Terry Gou storming out of the 2019 Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue, April 16 (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The British news site Financial Times has labeled Foxconn founder and recently announced presidential candidate, Terry Gou (郭台銘), Taiwan’s “disrupter-in-chief.”
Claiming that Gou is “off to a fine start” if his goal is to emulate U.S. President Donald Trump in his approach to electoral politics.
The article notes that Gou, even before announcing his presidential bid, made an impact and grabbed headlines by causing a stir at a regional security conference when he began “ranting against Taiwan’s political establishment and the country’s most important ally (the U.S.).”
At the 2019 Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue, hosted by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), Gou became angered by DPP Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) for being “rude,” because Gou claimed that she refused to make eye contact when he asked her a question. The question was which country is more important for Taiwan’s economy and the country’s ability to participate in regional organizations, the U.S. or China?
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