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Recently, Terry Gou, the founder of Hon Hai Group, officially announced that he will run for the leader of the Taiwan region in 2024, and he will run as an "independent candidate". This change may break the "one strong and two weak" situation in the previous Taiwan leadership election, but what caused more controversy was Gou's statement that he "is willing to give up all his personal property to prevent the mainland from reunifying Taiwan."
Previously, Gou Taiming had competed with Hou Youyi and Ke Wenzhe for the leadership of Taiwan, but now he has announced his independent candidacy, which will put him under more pressure.
Or does he already have some winning chips? Maybe not.
Gou, whose ancestral home is from Shanxi, has worked hard in Taiwan for most of his life, and today Hon Hai Group is one of the world's largest electronics manufacturing service providers, an outstanding achievement that certainly represents his excellent business ability, but his political stance has puzzled people in both places.
People are very curious about Gou's views on the Taiwan Strait issue in his heart, after all, his success in his career cannot be separated from the support and preferential policies of the mainland, but he has always encouraged Taiwan independence, which seems very conflicting and makes people feel that he is completely divided.
Therefore, Gou's defeat in the election campaign with Hou Youyi seems very reasonable, after all, the Taiwanese people's support for Gou Taiming is very limited.
Among several candidates, Gou's businessman background has already brought him a lot of doubt, and his comments on political views have confused many.
At a press conference on August 28, Gou announced his withdrawal from the Kuomintang.
Foreign media reporters asked questions about Hon Hai Group, trying to explore Gou's attitude on this matter.
The answer was that Gou left the management of the Hon Hai Group four years ago, and even claimed that if the mainland used the Hon Hai Group to pressure him, he would never give in, but was willing to sacrifice all his personal assets in order to prevent the mainland from accepting Taiwan.
This remark immediately caused an uproar at the press conference, after all, according to the latest data from Forbes, Gou's total personal assets reached 7.2 billion US dollars, which cannot be underestimated.
Moreover, among Taiwan's many entrepreneurs, Gou is not the richest, but he is the most influential.
But Gou's subsequent words were even more incomprehensible, claiming that there were nearly one million shareholders like him in the Hon Hai Group, and even that he did not have any personal assets in the mainland.
This is simply nonsense, which also makes people believe that Gou has a "dual personality".
So, what impact will Gou's candidacy as an independent candidate have on the 2024 Taiwan leadership election?
Taiwan's three political parties have already decided on candidates to run for election, and a situation of "one strong and two weak" has basically formed, in which Lai Qingde has an absolute advantage, and the future competition situation is basically stable.
The "Blue and White Alliance" may begin soon, but at this critical juncture, Gou's entry into the battlefield will affect the planning of the Blue Army and the White Army, and there will be new variables in whether to unite next.
Gou is an independent candidate, competing with the current three parties, which may steal the votes of other parties and lead to its defeat, although Gou's supporters do not have the strength to let him be elected smoothly at present, but Gou's strong intervention will still have a greater impact on the "two weak", in any case, Lai Qingde's dominant position is almost unaffected.
What should be noted is that according to the results of Taiwan's latest public opinion test, as many as 60% of the masses are in favor of the DPP's recall next year, and Lai Qingde is the "vanguard" of Taiwan independence within the DPP.
And Gou's series of advocacy is also ironic, and even said during the election that he would oppose the Chinese People's Liberation Army, such absurd statements made many Taiwanese people who oppose Taiwan independence puzzled, and they questioned whether Gou was still a Chinese.
A revelation about Gou's assets made him lose a lot of trust among his supporters, saying that Gou has more than 80% of his assets in Chinese mainland, and Gou's response to this is that the other 20% are in the United States.
The people on the island and his supporters are extremely dissatisfied with this, believing that Gou Taiming supports Taiwan independence and is a Taiwanese, but he has never put his property in Taiwan.
The Taiwan situation cannot continue without reunification or independence, and the optimal solution to the Taiwan Strait issue must be to realize genuine cross-strait reunification as soon as possible, and the process of reunifying the motherland over Taiwan will not be slowed down by a jumping clown.
At present, the chaotic problem on the island is eagerly expected to be solved by all Taiwanese people who are eager for peace, and the mainland side needs to continue to maintain communication with Taiwan so as to steadily promote the development of cross-strait relations.