Terry Gou, the chairman of Apple supplier Foxconn who has joined the race to be Taiwan’s next president, has challenged China to recognise its existence as a sovereign state.
China “must acknowledge the existence of the Republic of China”, Mr Gou told reporters on Monday, referring to the official name of Taiwan in a move that highlights his challenge of not being seen as pandering to Beijing.
He added that he would not consider meeting Chinese president Xi Jinping unless he had received clarification from Beijing on its policy towards Taipei and had become Taiwanese president himself.
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