BUSINESS TYCOON'S BID COULD RESHAPE TAIWAN ELECTION

Billionaire Terry Gou recently announced that he will run in Taiwan’s presidential election in January. Gou is the founder of Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn. The company is one of the world's biggest contract electronic manufacturers. Gou could split the anti-government vote. That would ensure that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s candidate, Vice President Lai Ching-te, becomes the island’s next president.
We spoke with Chen Fang-Yu, an assistant professor of political science at Taipei’s Soochow University.