Foxconn Under Fire

Terry Gou, the founder, and former chairman and CEO of Foxconn, who plans to run as a candidate for the presidential election of Taiwan, attends a press conference to announce his nomination for vice president. September 14, 2023. *Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images*

Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn saw its privileged position in China cast into doubt last month when it emerged that the company was under inv

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