TOKYO -- The curtain fell suddenly on Taiwan's political drama starring billionaire business tycoon Terry Gou, whose stab at the presidency gripped the island and kept mainland China on its toes for several months.
The cynical view out of Taiwan is that since billionaire Terry Gou had only a small chance of winning, he was not ready to take big risks, unlike Donald Trump, who fought through the 2016 U.S. election cycle as the underdog. (Nikkei Montage/ Kosaku Mimura/Reuters)
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