Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen’s doctorate degree is fake?
Recently,
such doubts have come out of the island.
The skeptic is Cao Changqing, a famous Green Camp speaker who often appears on Taiwanese political commentary programs.
Cao Changqing Facebook screenshot
On the 10th, Cao Changqing posted a long article on his Facebook titled "Is Tsai Ing-wen's doctorate degree fake?". The article stated that Tsai Ing-wen's doctoral thesis at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) had already been published. Before the last Taiwan leader election, some people raised doubts because on the website of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS, also a British paper collection center) at the University of London, it was written: Tsai's paper is "missing" ( disappeared).
Cao Changqing said that papers can be uploaded countless times. The "missing" is inexplicable, why can't it be "fixed" (submitted again)? With the convenience of email nowadays, papers can be put online again in a few minutes. He questioned why it had been 35 years since Cai obtained her degree from LSE in 1984. Why had she not resubmitted or re-provided this thesis? Especially during the last leadership election in Taiwan, it was questioned. Isn't it too strange and unreasonable to leave such an important issue related to personal credibility unresolved and ignored?
Cao Changqing also attached two replies from LSE library staff:
The first letter stated that during the period when Tsai Ing-wen obtained her degree, all LSE doctoral dissertations would first be sent to the Senate House Library, London. , according to regulations, and then sent to IALS. But the library of the School of Political Science and Economics has never had Tsai Ing-wen’s doctoral thesis, so of course IALS can’t find it. When Tsai Ing-wen was selecting the leader of Taiwan, LSE put a lot of effort into searching, but the results were “disheartening.”
The second reply showed: LSE tried hard to check its library, the University of London Library, and the Institute of Advanced Law, but unfortunately, Tsai Ing-wen’s doctoral thesis could not be found.
Screenshot of Cao Changqing’s Facebook text
According to Tsai Ing-wen’s personal resume on the official website of the Democratic Progressive Party, Tsai Ing-wen “obtained a master’s degree in law from Cornell University in the United States, and then moved to the United Kingdom, majoring in law and minoring in international trade at LSE. Awarded a Doctorate of Laws." And marked in the academic achievement column: "The doctoral thesis is titled Unfair Trade Practices and Safeguard Actions, exploring how the local market can establish a protective mechanism in the rapid changes of the international market."
In response to Cao Changqing's doubts, Taiwan's "Dongsen News Cloud" and other media published an article on the afternoon of the 11th to refute Cao Changqing's doubts, saying that there are two URLs that can "slap him in the face." The article stated that the official website of LSE has a page congratulating alumni "Dr. Tsai Ing-wen" on being elected leader of Taiwan; the paper search system of the British Library website also contains Tsai Ing-wen's paper data.
Screenshot of Tsai Ing-wen’s paper data on the British Library website
However, Cao Changqing also raised questions in the post about Tsai Ing-wen’s paper on the British Library website, at the British Library’s Electronic Document Search Center (EThOS) , although there is Cai’s thesis title, the “supervising professor” column is blank. This shows that Tsai Ing-wen "never submitted a doctoral thesis" and never announced the name of her supervisor. How could she pass her doctoral thesis without a supervisor?
In addition, Cao Changqing also mentioned that the London School of Economics and Political Science was once found to be "selling degrees." "If you give money, I will give you a doctorate." The director of the college at the time resigned, which became a scandal in Western academic circles. The British " Guardian " has done a special report on this. He also attached links to relevant reports at the end of the article.
Finally, Cao Changqing also proposed ways for Tsai Ing-wen to prove her innocence: publicly publish her doctoral thesis; announce the name of the professor who mentored her doctoral thesis; announce that Tsai boasted in her autobiography that she wanted to give her "two PhDs" in . name of a selected professor; explain why he added the name of Wu Zhaoxie, the head of the Taiwan authorities’ foreign affairs department, and put Wu’s name first when publishing the abstract of his doctoral thesis in Chinese.
In response to Cao Changqing's doubts, Green Camp host Peng Wenzheng, who once coined such bizarre terms as "Taiken" and "Ancient and modern Taiwanese", also posted on Facebook on the 11th that he had done all the verification he could and concluded that I agree with Cao Changqing's verification.
Peng Wenzheng’s Facebook screenshot
Peng Wenzheng said that it is easy to check whether Tsai Ing-wen’s degree is fake and whether the thesis exists. You only need to show it to know the authenticity. As for whether Tsai Ing-wen's thesis was ghostwritten, how could someone rewrite his doctoral thesis but name it as the second author? It will never be checked and can only be speculated, making it a "millennial unsolved case." What he can be sure of is: after exhausting all channels, including his friends in the British and American academic circles, and in all public academic databases, Tsai Ing-wen’s doctoral thesis cannot be found.
In his post, Peng Wenzheng satirized Tsai Ing-wen as the "most mysterious scholar" in the world. He also said that publishing the electronic files of all academic works will stop Youyou's mouth. Other than that, there is no excuse.
Tsai Ing-wen has yet to respond to this “doctoral degree fraud” scandal.
(Source: Global Network)
