Foxconn’s Terry Gou wants to be peacemaker between US, China and Taiwan

The chairman of Apple supplier Foxconn said on Monday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that he wanted to be the peacemaker between the United States, China and self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own.

Billionaire Terry Gou, who said last month he would run for president of Taiwan in 2020, met Trump last week to discuss the status of the Taiwan company’s planned investment in Wisconsin.

Using Taiwan’s official name, Gou also said Beijing needed to acknowledge the existence of the “Republic of China”.