The chief executive officer of a Taiwanese electronics maker producing iPhone and iPad handsets for Apple Inc. has attacked Koreans, creating harsh criticism.
According to NOWnews, a Taiwanese online paper, on June 19, Guo Tai-ming, 62, chief executive officer of Foxconn told a general meeting of stockholders at the head office the firm in Taipei that Koreans may stab them in the back.
"I respect Japanese. They never stab people in the back. But Bangzi (a derogatory Taiwanese term for Koreans) are different," Guo said, indicating that Koreans may betray their customers or friends.
He also made a controversial comment involving sensitive issue of territory over a group of islands in the East China Sea.
“I hope to buy Diaoyudao to develop it jointly with Japan,” Guo was quoted as saying. The Senkaku Islands in Japanese is uninhabited and now under control of Japan. China has claimed sovereignty over it.
Chinese lashed out at Guo, saying, “He is a person who dares to sell his home country to Japan."