Re: Michael Richardson: Tsai Ing-wen’s missing thesis was not submitted says university library

[Michael Richardson]

Thank you for compliment.  I am not done with this issue just yet!

-Michael

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM Allen Kuo <alle...@timebyte.com> wrote:

Hello Michael:

Thank you for taking my suggestion and report this issue, because the mainstream English based readers should also be aware of this significant scandal. Great job, Michael!

Allen Kuo

 

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Tsai Ing-wen’s missing thesis was not submitted says university library

 

Catalog entry for Tsai Ing-wen’s doctoral thesis with no information available (credit: London School of Economics and Political Science)

The London School of Economics and Political Science Library has confirmed that Tsai Ing-wen’s 1984 doctoral thesis was not submitted as required by academic protocol. Tsai, who is now the President of the Republic of China in-exile and living on Taiwan, attended LSE in London in 1984 when she authored her doctoral dissertation entitled “Unfair Trade Practices and Safeguard Actions.” The only problem is that Tsai’s thesis upon which her doctorate degree is based is not to be found.

Ruth Orson of the library’s research services office answered questions about Tsai’s missing dissertation: “Dr. Tsai’s thesis is unavailable I’m afraid. LSE Library has never had a copy of this thesis.”

“All Ph.D.s from that period were awarded under the University of London banner and would have been sent first to Senate House Library, and this being under Law would also have gone to the IALS.”

“Unfortunately Senate House apparently never received a copy and the IALS are unable to find their copy. We had to make extensive searches when Dr. Tsai stood for election and I am sorry to disappoint.”

The Institute for Advanced Legal Studies maintains the United Kingdom’s top law library and is a national repository of doctoral thesis dissertations. A search of the IALS database fails to locate Tsai’s missing thesis.

Tsai Ing-wen has never released her thesis nor does she comment on the matter. Tsai’s views on unfair trade practices is a topic of interest to many in the business community yet her scholarship on the topic has escaped public scrutiny. While expertise on international trade is not a bad quality in a leader it is not essential to run a government as different skill sets are needed. However, good leadership does require integrity. Thus Tsai’s missing thesis has implications important to her qualification for office. Was the thesis plagiarized? Does the thesis competently explore the topic of unfair trade? Why is the thesis kept from the public?

The questions emerged in early June on Facebook when academic researcher Cao Chang-qing suggested the thesis does not exist. Cao said the missing thesis was unsettling, but the fact it had not been resubmitted by Tsai was even more baffling.

Talk show host Dennis Peng picked up the inquiry. Peng commented that Tsai’s missing thesis was the most bizarre thing he had encountered in his twenty-five year academic career.

Fear that a scandal would sour Tsai’s chances of reelection and return the Kuomintang to power have kept the lid on the story of the phantom thesis. Democratic Progressive Party loyalists have gone silent on the controversy and Tsai Ing-wen has nothing yet to say on the matter.

Taiwan, caught in political purgatory and a longstanding strategic ambiguity, continues to be a land where anything is possible and nothing is certain. Answers about Tsai’s thesis are not to be had leaving lingering questions that will not quietly go away.

 

[Jerome F. Keating]

On this issue, I think we need someone who knows the British system.

If I am not mistaken, Tsai passed the New York Bar Exam--something Ma did not.  Someone can correct me on this.

Also, different institutions may have different requirements etc. or varied requirements.  

I remember when I was going for one of my Masters degrees -- the school gave us the choice of writing a thesis (shorter than a dissertation), or taking six extra hours of classes. I chose the latter since I knew I could finish off six hours (two classes) in a six week summer school period, whereas writing a thesis would take at least a semester or more in the regular year. 

It seems that we have the topic of the dissertation (usually called that in the US at the doctoral level) -- but was the submitting it to the LSE library, mandatory? The question is then what about the IALS?  

A number of unknowns here that have to be examined before jumping the gun. Anyone know someone from the LSE who was there in the 80s?  

Jerome

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Subject: [BATA] Re: Michael Richardson: Tsai Ing-wen’s missing thesis was not submitted says university library

 

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[Taitzer Wang]

Jerome: "A number of unknowns here that have to be examined before jumping the gun. Anyone know someone from the LSE who was there in the 80s?”

Twang: “All unknowns have been examined since ~ 5 years ago — and yes, I do know someone from the LSE who was there in the 80s, 100% sure — TIW herself.”

Furthermore, nobody has answered my inquiry of 3 days ago:  Does anyone know of Shi Fanglong’s follow-up clarification (in favor of TIW)?  See below:

Taitzer  7/5 

On Jul 5, 2019, at 10:46 AM, Jerome F. Keating <taiw...@hotmail.com> wrote:

On this issue, I think we need someone who knows the British system.

If I am not mistaken, Tsai passed the New York Bar Exam--something Ma did not.  Someone can correct me on this.

Also, different institutions may have different requirements etc. or varied requirements.  

I remember when I was going for one of my Masters degrees -- the school gave us the choice of writing a thesis (shorter than a dissertation), or taking six extra hours of classes. I chose the latter since I knew I could finish off six hours (two classes) in a six week summer school period, whereas writing a thesis would take at least a semester or more in the regular year. 

It seems that we have the topic of the dissertation (usually called that in the US at the doctoral level) -- but was the submitting it to the LSE library, mandatory? The question is then what about the IALS?  

A number of unknowns here that have to be examined before jumping the gun. Anyone know someone from the LSE who was there in the 80s?  

Jerome

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Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:29 PM
To: Allen Kuo
Cc: BATA Group; 曹長青 Cao Changqing; Dennis Peng
Subject: [BATA] Re: Michael Richardson: Tsai Ing-wen’s missing thesis was not submitted says university library

 

Thank you for compliment.  I am not done with this issue just yet!

-Michael

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM Allen Kuo <alle...@timebyte.com> wrote:

Hello Michael:

Thank you for taking my suggestion and report this issue, because the mainstream English based readers should also be aware of this significant scandal. Great job, Michael!

Allen Kuo

 

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Tsai Ing-wen’s missing thesis was not submitted says university library

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Catalog entry for Tsai Ing-wen’s doctoral thesis with no information available (credit: London School of Economics and Political Science)

The London School of Economics and Political Science Library has confirmed that Tsai Ing-wen’s 1984 doctoral thesis was not submitted as required by academic protocol. Tsai, who is now the President of the Republic of China in-exile and living on Taiwan, attended LSE in London in 1984 when she authored her doctoral dissertation entitled “Unfair Trade Practices and Safeguard Actions.” The only problem is that Tsai’s thesis upon which her doctorate degree is based is not to be found.

Ruth Orson of the library’s research services office answered questions about Tsai’s missing dissertation: “Dr. Tsai’s thesis is unavailable I’m afraid. LSE Library has never had a copy of this thesis.”

“All Ph.D.s from that period were awarded under the University of London banner and would have been sent first to Senate House Library, and this being under Law would also have gone to the IALS.”

“Unfortunately Senate House apparently never received a copy and the IALS are unable to find their copy. We had to make extensive searches when Dr. Tsai stood for election and I am sorry to disappoint.”

The Institute for Advanced Legal Studies maintains the United Kingdom’s top law library and is a national repository of doctoral thesis dissertations. A search of the IALS database fails to locate Tsai’s missing thesis.

Tsai Ing-wen has never released her thesis nor does she comment on the matter. Tsai’s views on unfair trade practices is a topic of interest to many in the business community yet her scholarship on the topic has escaped public scrutiny. While expertise on international trade is not a bad quality in a leader it is not essential to run a government as different skill sets are needed. However, good leadership does require integrity. Thus Tsai’s missing thesis has implications important to her qualification for office. Was the thesis plagiarized? Does the thesis competently explore the topic of unfair trade? Why is the thesis kept from the public?

The questions emerged in early June on Facebook when academic researcher Cao Chang-qing suggested the thesis does not exist. Cao said the missing thesis was unsettling, but the fact it had not been resubmitted by Tsai was even more baffling.

Talk show host Dennis Peng picked up the inquiry. Peng commented that Tsai’s missing thesis was the most bizarre thing he had encountered in his twenty-five year academic career.

Fear that a scandal would sour Tsai’s chances of reelection and return the Kuomintang to power have kept the lid on the story of the phantom thesis. Democratic Progressive Party loyalists have gone silent on the controversy and Tsai Ing-wen has nothing yet to say on the matter.

Taiwan, caught in political purgatory and a longstanding strategic ambiguity, continues to be a land where anything is possible and nothing is certain. Answers about Tsai’s thesis are not to be had leaving lingering questions that will not quietly go away.

 

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[Jay Tu]

Jerome,

There are thesis option for the Master's, but there is no such things non-thesis Ph.D., unless it is an honory degree.

It is very hard to justify a fraud.  I don't believe the Tsai passed the New York bar exam.  I never heard of this.  She did not pass Taiwan's bar before she went to Cornell.  

Even if you gave her all the benefits of double for the Ph.D. thesis, where are her scholarly publications during her 16 years of teaching career?  None!

S-H Toh

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[Jerome F. Keating]

Let's look at this another way.

The gate swings both ways. So you are saying that the London School of Economics gives out fraudulent degrees. i.e. if you have enough money you can buy a degree from LSE right?  or if you have the right connections, whatever etc.? 

Why is the LSE silent? 

Does this mean that there have been other alleged fraudulent degrees from LSE?  

I know there are cases in the US right now where people have bought their children's way into schools like USC etc. (not sure that would be my school of choice to buy my kid into).

What I am saying is that if you want to start throwing stones; you have to throw them in all directions that follow from your premise. 

So who are the guilty parties on the other side of your equation?

Or was their some equivalency done?

Jerome

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From: Jay Tu <jft...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2019 5:51 PM
To: Michael Richardson; Allen Kuo; Jerome F. Keating

Cc: BATA Group; 曹長青 Cao Changqing; Dennis Peng

Subject: Re: [BATA] Re: Michael Richardson: Tsai Ing-wen’s missing thesis was not submitted says university library

 

[Jay Tu]

Jerome,

You are pretty late to the party.  Dennis Pan has addressed all the issues you raised in his show.  No thesis.  No publications. Yes, degree and Yes, promotion.  Someone has a more previleged life than others, but is it right?

A former Ph.D. student of mine defended his thesis and passed the oral exam, but he did not turn in the final revised thesis to me and the committee for signatures.  As a result, he did not get his Ph.D. degree.  Seven years after, he was no longer qualified to earn this degree.   No thesis, no Ph.D., unless you were TIW.

So many have swarmed to Tsai's defense (without any evidence of the existence of the thesis and her publictions) while Tsai reminds absolutely silent.  How nice to have protective walls around her!  Trump needs to ask for her trick to build walls.

LSE did sell a Ph.D. degree to Gaddafi's son, according to Dennis Pan, which is an old news and being discussed many times over.

S-H Toh

[Jerome F. Keating]

Jay,

I may be late to the party, but only to half of it. 

The other half is that does LSE sell degrees?  You seem to imply it with Khadafi's son. Those seem to be serious questions. 

You mentioned your school followed the regs, which is good; I could not fathom why a student after passing the defence, would not do the extra bit of revising, esp. when he had 7 years.  After all that time, why blow it on a simple thing like that?  Surprised you did not hawk him on that.  Maybe he thought you were a softie and did not realise you were such a mean SOB-- just teasing.  Have a scotch on me. 

We are talking about something that happened some 35 + years ago, and I am willing to let the chips fall where they may. But there is more here and the burden of proof lies more with LSE.  i.e. if your school let the student get away without doing the revisions, that would have been an open gate for all future students to ignore that matter. And that would have put your school in a bind.

Unless LSE has a high price.

If this is the right can to open, LSE has a lot to explain.

Cheers,

By the way, Dennis and I had breakfast the other day--no scotch-- and we did not talk about this.

Jerome

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From: Jay Tu <jft...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:47 AM

[Taitzer Wang]

Jerome,

This Tsai thesis case has already been looked at in many, many ways, and for many years — 5 years (?) by Blue and Green, including:

(1) She was disqualified for her Ph.D. degree and her Advisor refused to recognize her degree which was later given to her by other means.  And/or

(2) She wrote her thesis in favor of unification of China-Taiwan and later found it inconvenient for her to pursue her political career in Taiwan, so she had to hide it without her advisor’s permission / knowledge.

All these alleged accusations may not be true, but the question is not why people wanted to "throw stones” at President Tsai as you infer, but why she is so willing to be thrown at for so long?

The issue must be serious enough for her to be willing to do so, an act in accord with the psychology of what a Chinese idiom says: “苦肉戰“, which means

“a ruse of inflicting an injury on oneself to win the confidence of the enemy”.

Only the real mother would know and the greasy coin would show, but we haven't found King Solomon and Bao Zheng (包拯、包公、包青天）yet.

Taitzer  7/6

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[Jerome F. Keating]

Taitzer et al. 

You present a wide range of theories some of which contradict each other. which gives me the thought that some are SWAGing it (SWAG = Scientific Wild Ass Guessing)  😅 😎

I repeat, there are two parts/sides in this equation. 

All you guys are being chicken-hearted in taking on the little person (individual Tsai).

Why not take on Goliath?  The LSE.  

i.e. you can ask, you gave a Ph.D. to this person. Where is the proof that it was validly earned?  

Are you a school where degrees can be bought?

Are you a school where degrees depend on who you know?  

Are you a school that does not keep good records? 

Could it be that Tsai is also covering for LSE?  Is there a mutual agreement? We give it to you, but you cannot say why? 

Could it be that you are all afraid that if you pursue such with the LSE, the LSE will say, "Get lost, F' Off,; what we do is none of your business?"  That would leave you all in a pickle of who to complain to next.  

Face up to it, many seem to be afraid to take on the seeming Goliath. 

Why not write the British equivalent of the Ministry of Education?  Tell them that there is trouble in the system.

Maybe LSE is not as daunting as you fear, but then again, maybe it is; LSE may just choose to ignore you and the British public would say, Go mind your own business. Get lost.  

A lot of questions that can be directed at the LSE guys, but no brave souls to venture out to battle. 

Who was her dissertation director?  is that person still alive?  anyone know?  

Jerome

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From: Taitzer Wang <tai...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 11:54 AM
To: Keating, Jerome F. Hotmail
Cc: 'Jay Tu taiwan'; Richardson, Michael; Kuo, Allen; BATA; Cao Changqing 曹長青; Peng Dennis 彭文正李晶玉

[Allen Kuo]

[Jay Tu] the question is not why people wanted to "throw stones” at President Tsai as you infer, but why she is so willing to be thrown at for so long?

è This is NOT totally true for all her cases. As I mentioned before, around 2012 when she ran the president the first time, one of the BATA member, Bing Hsieh criticized that her PhD was fake. Immediately right after, another BATA member, Joe Lin who had direct connection with her received a warring message (either directly from her or in-directly through Joseph Wu 吳釗燮) that, BATA must  stop that discussion, immediately. And I did buy asking Bing to stop it.

 

However, keep in your mind that she was not president at that time. And the situation has been changed.

 

Allen Kuo

 

From: Taitzer Wang [mailto:tai...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 4:55 AM
To: Keating, Jerome F. Hotmail
Cc: 'Jay Tu taiwan'; Richardson, Michael; Kuo, Allen; BATA; Cao Changqing 曹長青; Peng Dennis 彭文正李晶玉

[Allen Kuo]

Taitzer said that ("throw stones”), not Jay. I am sorry for the typo.

 

Allen Kuo

 

From: Allen Kuo [mailto:alle...@timebyte.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 7:52 AM
To: 'BATA'
Cc: 'Jay Tu taiwan'; 'Richardson, Michael'; 'Cao Changqing 曹長青'; 'Peng Dennis 彭文正李晶玉'; 'Taitzer Wang'; 'Keating, Jerome F. Hotmail'; 'Joseph Lin'; 'Bing'
Subject: RE: [BATA] Re: Michael Richardson: Tsai Ing-wen’s missing thesis was not submitted says university library

 

[Jay Tu] the question is not why people wanted to "throw stones” at President Tsai as you infer, but why she is so willing to be thrown at for so long?

 

è This is NOT totally true for all her cases. As I mentioned before, around 2012 when she ran the president the first time, one of the BATA member, Bing Hsieh criticized that her PhD was fake. Immediately right after, another BATA member, Joe Lin who had direct connection with her received a warring message (either directly from her or in-directly through Joseph Wu 吳釗燮) that, BATA must  stop that discussion, immediately. And I did buy asking Bing to stop it.

 

However, keep in your mind that she was not president at that time. And the situation has been changed.

 

Allen Kuo

 

From: Taitzer Wang [mailto:tai...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 4:55 AM
To: Keating, Jerome F. Hotmail
Cc: 'Jay Tu taiwan'; Richardson, Michael; Kuo, Allen; BATA; Cao Changqing 曹長青; Peng Dennis 彭文正李晶玉

[Joseph Lin]

Yes, I was contacted by TIW's office several years ago asking if I could do something about the discussion on BATA regarding TIW's Ph.D degree as it was personal and not policy related.  It was not my place to speculate one way or another about this issue.   FM Joseph Wu was never involved.  I passed the concern over to Allen Kuo.

Joe Lin

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On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 7:56 AM Allen Kuo <alle...@timebyte.com> wrote:

Taitzer said that ("throw stones”), not Jay. I am sorry for the typo.

 

Allen Kuo

 

From: Allen Kuo [mailto:alle...@timebyte.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 7:52 AM
To: 'BATA'
Cc: 'Jay Tu taiwan'; 'Richardson, Michael'; 'Cao Changqing 曹長青'; 'Peng Dennis 彭文正李晶玉'; 'Taitzer Wang'; 'Keating, Jerome F. Hotmail'; 'Joseph Lin'; 'Bing'
Subject: RE: [BATA] Re: Michael Richardson: Tsai Ing-wen’s missing thesis was not submitted says university library

 

[Jay Tu] the question is not why people wanted to "throw stones” at President Tsai as you infer, but why she is so willing to be thrown at for so long?

 

è This is NOT totally true for all her cases. As I mentioned before, around 2012 when she ran the president the first time, one of the BATA member, Bing Hsieh criticized that her PhD was fake. Immediately right after, another BATA member, Joe Lin who had direct connection with her received a warring message (either directly from her or in-directly through Joseph Wu 吳釗燮) that, BATA must  stop that discussion, immediately. And I did buy asking Bing to stop it.

 

However, keep in your mind that she was not president at that time. And the situation has been changed.

 

Allen Kuo

 

From: Taitzer Wang [mailto:tai...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 4:55 AM
To: Keating, Jerome F. Hotmail
Cc: 'Jay Tu taiwan'; Richardson, Michael; Kuo, Allen; BATA; Cao Changqing 曹長青; Peng Dennis 彭文正李晶玉

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[郭建國]

Yes, Issue of TIW's PhD degree was personal and not policy related

when she was a civilian.

 

It's not only personal but also NATIONAL SECURITY & POLICY-ORIENTED

related now as soon as she took the office.

 

Richard Kuo 

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[Jay Tu]

So, TIW was and is awared of the questioning of her Ph.D. thesis and publications.  She chose to stop the discussion instead of addressing it.  All those trying to protect her can stop.  Tsai is the only person who can resolve this issue.  If she has been lying, the lies would catch up to her eventually, but at the cost of Taiwan.

S-H Toh

[Jerome F. Keating]

I am going to chime in here with Jay, and you know he and I don't agree much except on single malt scotch.

The thesis was written in 1984; that is some 35 plus years ago right? 

I mean, come on, what one wrote 35 years ago, cannot be that big of a shock that one cannot say, I have grown, I have changed my opinions; I was young then and had different thoughts then etc etc  

Likewise, one cannot claim that a doctoral thesis/dissertation written 35 years ago would reveal opinions that would be so shocking that the survival of the nation would be undone if they were revealed etc. etc. 

So to Richard Kuo, I can accept the extreme possibility that one has personal reasons for not revealing such, 

--but to pompously drag out the national security card and try to say that trumps all,  Sorry, that does not quite float..

that kind of thinking and excuse is what the KMT has been using to excuse the pursuit of transitional justice etc. 

I can accept personal reasons since this is simply a dissertation and people will  always wonder.  What can be that devastating??  

I would like to see something that Jay wrote 35 years ago. I wrote about sports and art then.

Come on, to try to make the claim that something written 35 years ago for a degree is a threat to current national security ????  Sorry. No buyer here.

Jerome

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From: Jay Tu <jft...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 5:33 PM
To: Allen Kuo; Joseph Lin
Cc: BATA; Richardson, Michael; Cao Changqing 曹長青; Peng Dennis 彭文正李晶玉; Taitzer Wang; Keating, Jerome F. Hotmail; Bing

[Taitzer Wang]

To Jerome only,

Your use of scientific, psychological, political, biblical words ... (see the context of your mail) all add up to nothing but pointing to the sad fate of the Taiwanese: you guys don’t deserve asking President Tsai Ing-wen academic questions that all academicians in the whole world have to be honest about — nothing personal, nothing of the nature of national security.  Money or honesty, her case is worse than Trump’s refusal to file his tax returns and people support him.

You seem to be saying that all answers already given by the LSE offices — that we don’t have the record of her thesis — don’t count unless each one of us questioners plays Goliath and bravely asks the same LSE offices the same questions again, again and again ...

There indeed are many people who are presently serving President Tsai faithfully in her despotic（專橫的）government.

Taitzer  7/7

[Bing]

Hi Joseph,

You were contacted by TIW’s office 

regarding my suspension that her 

LSE PhD was obtained via a under 

the table quid pro quo. This was quit 

a surprise to me because I wouldn't 

have expected that such a half-assed 

speculation would cause such a 

reaction from her.  If someone have 

suspected the authenticity of my PhD 

degree I would have just ignored it and 

forgotten about it quickly.  The facts 

that her PhD thesis has been confirmed 

unavailable and that they had reacted 

so seriously toward my halfhearted 

speculation strongly suggest that her

PhD degree might indeed be fraudulent. 

My question for you is how did she or 

her office know the discussion 

in BATA forum? Did you know TIW 

in person?

Thank you very,

Bing Hsieh

PS: below is a 2011 story related to the

LSE PhD degree of Gaddafi’s son.

“LSE is paying a heavy price for 

Saif Gaddafi’s PhD”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/mar/04/lse-heavy-price-saif-gaddafis-phd

 

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[Allen Kuo]

Hi Bing, I can answer this question for you.

 

1)   TIW’s personal email account has been included in the BATA forum as a full right member, ever since before 2012 and till now. Since around 2012 she was NOT the president yet, she might have enough time to filter out the BATA’s messages in person.

2)   Also I was confirmed by one of the insiders that the messages released by this (the BATA) Forum have been collected and audited by the President House, constantly. Because it is by now the most active freelance Taiwanese American political forum in the US.

 

All that having been said, please do NOT expect that the President or her office will react our opinions efficiently. They are also monitoring thousands of the other media similar to BATA, everyday. The only unique attribute about BATA is that we also have many other decision makers in the Forum, and not just the President and/or her office organizations.

 

Cheer;

Allen Kuo

[Bing]

Allen, 

you haven’t answer why TIW’s office sent its response via Joe Lin, instead of contacting you directly?

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