Foxconn has seen inspections by Chinese authorities in past days over taxes in Guangdong and Jiangsu, while inspected over land use in Henan and Hubei...
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Pegatron was in the news last week after reports that Pegatron was illegally using student labor in China. As a result, Apple has announced that it will be suspending business with Pegatron, though questions have been raised about Apple's claims that it intends to halt business with Pegatron until labor abuses stop at Pegatron factories...
The question of who will become the KMT’s presidential candidate has, quite unusually, become centered on a seeming contest between Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu and FoxConn CEO Terry Gou. After much speculation, it was announced today that the KMT will indeed draft Han for its presidential primary...
FoxConn CEO Terry Gou has been an unusual presence in the news in the past few days, with Gou hinting to Taiwanese media that he might seek to run in the KMT presidential primary, and making a number of high-profile public appearances. Gou then finally declared a run earlier today, with the claim that he was told to run by the sea goddess Mazu...
A fee dispute between some of Taiwan’s most significant television networks has touched upon long-standing concerns about undue attempts to influence political developments through the media. Namely, television network Formosa TV has alleged that FoxConn CEO Terry Gou is attempting to use the fee dispute to prevent Formosa TV programs from being shown as a form of political censorship...
With the recent announcement by FoxConn CEO Terry Gou that FoxConn would be building a $10 billion USD LCD panel plant in Wisconsin in a high-profile press conference with Donald Trump, some in Taiwan question what Gou exactly aims to accomplish with this deal cementing ties between his company and the Trump administration. Given Gou’s close ties with both the KMT and CCP, is Gou acting on behalf of China? Of the KMT? Both? Neither? One wonders...
FoxCarn & the Betel Store will be the China and Taiwan regional project for Burning Man 2015. New Bloom caught up with project team member Ian Rowen....
Shanghai in the last month has seen massive mobilizations, some reports of which claim that up to 50,000 participated in environmental demonstrations against the building of a chemical plant....
