Information Review Tribunal allows Tsai Ing-wen thesis lawsuit to proceed

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Michael Richardson

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Feb 24, 2021, 2:56:58 PM2/24/21
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Greetings!

My Freedom of Information lawsuit to learn the identity of Tsai Ing-wen's thesis examiners has been allowed to go forward.


Michael Richardson

Luby Liao

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Feb 25, 2021, 6:58:47 AM2/25/21
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Michael, just curious how you filed this lawsuit.  Didn't you have to travel to England and file court papers?  If so, are you funding this project yourself?   I do think you are doing the right thing by suing what Jerome Keating calls the gatekeeper.  Cheers, Luby

Luby Liao

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May 20, 2021, 1:55:52 PM5/20/21
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Michael, in a previous message (see below) you told me that you do not have any vested interest in the outcome other than determination of the truth.  

In your pursuit of truth about Tsai's thesis, do you presume Tsai innocent or guilty?   
If you presume Tsai guilty, can you show us some hard evidence?

Cheers, Lubty

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 5:43 AM Michael Richardson <richardsonreports@gmail.com> wrote:
The Information Review Tribunal is user friendly.  You may file a lawsuit without cost by email.  No service to parties, court costs, etc.  Yes, the gatekeeper is the correct target.  Although it turns out that UL not LSE is the actual gatekeeper.  I do not have any vested interest in the outcome other than determination of the truth.

Regards, Michael

Frank S T Hsiao

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May 20, 2021, 2:45:23 PM5/20/21
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Dear MICHEL AND ALL:

 

“Tsai has publicly bragged about the examiners claiming they were so impressed they wanted to give her an extra degree.  IT COULD BE SO. HER TOPIC WAS VERY NEW AT THAT TIME OF WRITING. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. THE THESIS RELATED TO THE LAW AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

Tsai won’t say why she is keeping the examiners’ identities secret. The two London schools say they cannot tell because that is Tsai’s private information.”

IT SEEMS TO ME WE ALREADY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. I REMEMBER ONE IS DECEASED, ONE BECAME A WELL KNOWN COLUMNIST OR SOMETHING. I REMEMBER SOME UNINFORMED PEOPLE EVEN ACCUSED THEM THEY WERE GRADUATE OF OXFORD BA, NO PHD DEGREE. BUT, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT AT THAT TIME. I HAVE ARGUED THAT IN 1984, MANY FACULTY MEMBER ONLY HAD BA, AND SO FAR AS LSE OR UL ACCEPTED THEM AS THE FACULTY MEMBERS, THAT WAS LSE OR UL TO DECIDE. MICHEL OR ANY OTHER OUTSIDER HAS NOTHING TO COMPLAIN.

 

I CAN DIG OUT THE NAMES. BUT IT MAY TAKE TIME.

FRANK HSIAO

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Shin Liu

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May 20, 2021, 3:48:50 PM5/20/21
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The Reality is what you choose to believe.

Shin



Frank S T Hsiao

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May 20, 2021, 4:32:53 PM5/20/21
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No, not at all.

 

The reality is there is a copy of the thesis displayed in the LSE library. Whatever it is, the LSE recognizes it as a PhD thesis of Tsai. That is the reality.

Nothing to do with your belief at all. That is the reality.

 

Frank

Sebo koh

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May 20, 2021, 4:38:41 PM5/20/21
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“The Reality is what you choose to believe.” - Shin

This is exactly how Trump and his worshipers perceive reality. - the rioters who invaded the Capitol were “ordinary tourists” according to a Republican Congressman.

Sebo Koh 

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Luby Liao

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May 20, 2021, 8:09:26 PM5/20/21
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Shin, I was at Costco trying to apply your teaching:
“The Reality is what you choose to believe.”
I believe that the bananas cost me 50 cents, but the cashier charged me $1.60.
What went wrong?  Should I ask to talk to the manager?  Please help.
Cheers, Luby
  

Michael Richardson

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May 20, 2021, 9:23:08 PM5/20/21
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Luby!

In response to your question I have no presumption of guilt or innocence.  I am troubled by the non-disclosure of examiners and the lack of library acquisition records for the thesis. 

Regards, Michael

Michael Richardson

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May 20, 2021, 9:27:39 PM5/20/21
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Frank!

Please do dig out those names.  I am still in court trying to obtain the names from University of London.  I'm not sure how you  know the examiner identities but if you can shed light on who they were that would help quiet the storm.

Regards, Michael

Luby Liao

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May 20, 2021, 11:39:32 PM5/20/21
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Michael, I take this to mean that you are unbiased about Tsai, that your motive is pure, that you simply want the truth.  In the thread you started, entitled 

Tsai Ing-wen thesis had no external examiner

you wrote
What began as a blatant attempt by Republic of China in-exile President Tsai Ing-wen to silence her most vocal critic, backfired, with a stunning reversal and release of a secret she has long kept from the public.
Could you explain how you know that Tsai had attempted?  You couldn't possibly know how others think!

Aren't you also implying that Tsai is in control of Taiwan's press and/or judicial system?   Would you say your above report is unbiased and truth-based?

You continued with more of the same attack:
Professor Peng has fought back against President Tsai’s attempt to imprison him for remarks about her LSE thesis.
 
I am of the opinion that if you are an unbiased truth-seeker, you would leave out words like blatant or stunning.  Just present facts and let others decide whether things are indeed blatant or stunning.  I better not be stunned by the fact that Tsai had no external examiners (as you suggested the world should) because neither did I. 

Cheers, Luby
   

Frank S T Hsiao

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May 21, 2021, 12:18:07 AM5/21/21
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Dear Michael and all:

 

Ok, here they are. Both Elliott and Hindley passed away (you would think this is another evil conspiracy?)

 

And, apparently you even did not read her thesis made so much noise, and even made a blind accusation.

 

 

Also, in the thesis, there were several hand correction. It seems to me, at that time, hand corrections, especially the grammatical errors (metricculou to meticulous) not related to the thesis contents, were allowed, as it was very costly to retype and reedit the whole page?

 

Frank

Another point. I had a distinguished colleague, Kenneth Boulding. We hired him from U of Michigan as a full professor (against the regular protocol). It was said that he submitted his PhD thesis to Oxford (or Cambridge?) and was rejected for the PhD degree. He published it as a textbook. It was one of the best textbook in Economics for the past generation economists (before Samuelson). He was elected as a fellow of the American Economics Association and was then the President of AEA in the 1970s. But he had no PhD!! The point is, so far the academics and the university think one is good, then one is good, none of the business of non-academics and non-university community.

 

Besides, for the academics, today, the PhD degree is the lowest qualification for academic advancement. You have to go through assistant professor, tenure, associate professor, professor, and professor emeritus to finish the academic ladder. Except probably the medical doctor, nobody in the academic really care about PhD or not, and certainly, it is not required for being a president. Please stop much ado for nothing, and do some more meaningful writing, which is your forte.

Michael Richardson

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May 21, 2021, 10:58:02 AM5/21/21
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Frank!

You are a deep thinking math expert.  However that does not qualify you to make incorrect assertions.  In an earlier email you stated you had the names of the thesis examiners.  Yet as evidence you cite Tsai's acknowledgements in the thesis.  To my knowledge you are the first person to assert Hindley was one of the thesis examiners.  You have inflated a mentor to the status of examiner without any apparent basis for doing so other than Tsai's thank you statement.  Even with my limited math skills, that does not add up.

Regards, Michael

Michael Richardson

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May 21, 2021, 11:30:09 AM5/21/21
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Luby!

Thank you for your question and commentary.  To clarify things a bit let me say I am neutral about whether Tsai committed academic fraud over the thesis.  I simply do not yet know the answer about what happened in 1983, thus I seek the truth of the matter with FOI requests to LSE and UL.

I am not neutral on Tsai's actions as ROC President.  I am very disappointed she has done so little to rid Taiwan of all the Chiang Kai-shek statues.  I am opposed to her approval of the strategic ambiguity status quo which I believe endangers Taiwan from the PRC.  I am saddened at her acceptance of Chinese Taipei branding of Taiwan.  I am upset Tsai equates ROC with Taiwan.  I detest the use of prosecutors against critics.  

As for my use of the words stunning, attempt, silence, and blatant, you are certainly entitled to your opinion they were poor word choices.  My response:

stunning--Current UL rules require an external thesis examiner.  If Tsai had no external examiner as reported by an LSE attorney that would be stunning in my opinion,  What the rules were at your school are not relevant in this matter.

attempt--Tsai brought a criminal defamation complaint against Dennis Peng.  Although her complaint has not silenced Peng it clearly was an attempt to do so.

silence--Tsai initiated a course of action that could result in Peng's imprisonment.  You may not like me calling it silencing but that is how I see it.

blatant--Tsai has not tried to silence Peng quietly or privately but blatantly.  You may not like my use of the word but that is how I see it.

Am I happy with Tsai's presidency?  No.  Have I formed an opinion on the validity of her PhD degree?  Not yet.

Regards, Michael


Frank S T Hsiao

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May 21, 2021, 1:47:52 PM5/21/21
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Sorry Michael, you don’t know how the way the thesis acknowledgment works.

 

The candidate acknowledges the thesis advisors and thesis committee members, among others (like parents), since they usually made some input to the thesis (in our department, you have to submit the thesis at least two weeks before the committee meeting before my retirement. The protocol might change now)

 

Apparently you don’t know anything about math. This is absolutely nothing to do with math. It is a convention and the custom of submitting the final version of the thesis. Naturally, since it is a custom, not a rule or law, there is individual variant (you may not mention a nasty thesis committee member, But still, as a courtesy, you should). You can safely assume they are committee members.

 

All the NATPA members have their experience, I like to know what our members think.

Frank

Michael Richardson

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May 21, 2021, 2:18:51 PM5/21/21
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Frank!

I am really surprised (stunned actually) that a mathematician, of all people, would make a presumption of fact without any evidence.  Tsai also acknowledged Barcelo.  Under your theory that makes him an examiner also.  However, because of Tsai's false campaign statement about the death of Barcelo we did learn that he had nothing to do with the thesis, much less conduct a viva examination.  If Barcelo was not an examiner, and he is thanked just like Hindley, why do you name Hindley as an examiner?  I may not have the degrees you do and lack your academic experience but I do understand simple logic and your presumption about Hindley is unsupported with evidence.  

Now that you are stuck out on a limb with Hindley as an examiner you should consider that a LSE attorney identified to ROC prosecutors that Elliott and Leonard Leigh were the examiners.  I am not accepting the LSE assertion to ROC prosecutors as it was UL's responsibility not LSE.  Still, the LSE attorney's assertion seems to be closer to proof than your theorizing about an acknowledgement.

I am not a member of NATPA and will not be aware of any responses.  I suspect if NATPA members do check in, we will find a variety of protocols from the different institutions, none of which matter here.  The only thing that matters is what was UL's policy and what did UL do.

Regards, Michael

jkea...@ms67.hinet.net

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May 21, 2021, 10:26:18 PM5/21/21
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To all,

Given what had been said, I went back and checked my dissertation on the various people that  I thanked etc.

It is or had been when I got my degree the convention that you wrote up that part after the dissertation/thesis for Brits had been reviewed and approved with recommendations to make etc.

I thanked the director of the dissertation and then the different people who had been on my review committee--the only one I left out was the guy from the Math Department who was there because at that time the University had made a new rule that someone from a totally different field or discipline be there.  My degree was in the Humanities so they brought in someone from Math. He of course asked strange questions and everyone on the committee was annoyed at the time he was wasting, but still felt obligated to clue him in as to what was going on. I didn't want his name on it.

I don't know if the university kept that rule; it was one of those things that in theory seemed good for balance or such, but usually given the reality of the difference in disciplines and the depth of subject matter at a doctoral level, it wasted a certain amount of time. Anyway, I left him off of my list of thank yous and kept it to those others on the review committee. 

I know that the Brit system is different from that in the US and of course even in the US it differs from university to university but to my experience, one does not use this to thank people who helped you from when you were at another university etc. 

On grammar issues and final copy etc.  I do remember that someone went back and got Ma Ying-jeou's dissertation and pointed out all the grammar issues etc.  -- that was done because the KMT had liked to say how conversant Ma was in English etc. etc. 

As I have said, having been in the system, I can see innumerable ways that something could have fallen through the cracks back in 1984, esp. if LSE has to officially give its degrees through Uof L,  and therefore who was responsible to keep what records etc.

I don't expect any great or startling revelations. That is why I say, take it to the gatekeeper; don't bother me with asking me to read this or that etc. 

Jerome


 

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Dear All :

Personal experiences prove nothing, and no help at all to prove the none existence of TIW's Ph.D. thesis which can not be found from the LSE library is a normal case.

According to the LSE student record shown by TIW is that she is in LSE from 81 to 83, and WD in 83 (more details can be found from Denis Peng's talk show). The photo shown in her autobiography about her sister went to Landon to join her for the Ph.D. thesis defense exam in OCT 83, actually is taken from Boston in the summertime of an unknown year.

If you want to know the truth and be logical, it is no existence here. Since the truth only destroys someone's reputation and unavoidable suffering. So the Obsfucation as Michelson said is the best strategy for anyone who does not want anyone to know the truth.

Shin



On Saturday, May 22, 2021, 11:38:25 AM PDT, <ching...@gmail.com> wrote:


I am responding to Frank Hsiao’s call for personal experience in acquiring a Ph.D.

If some folks doubt Tsai Ing-wan’s Ph.D., few should/will believe me. 

I did not attend my commencement ant thus have no formal photo, but I did buy a formal robe and cap.  

The second reader of my dissertation was the late Edwin O Reischauer, American Ambassador to Japan (1961-1966).  My thesis advisor was Reischauer’s student Albert Craig who is retired. 

After having submitted my dissertation and presumably the readers had read it.  That was it!  No oral interview!  No vevision!  And, I received my degree in 1973.  That‘s a dozen of years before Tsai received her from London School of Economics?

My university must have some rules, but there must also be some unwritten rules.  My advisor had much discretions.  As a matter of fact, He asked me whom would I want to be my second reader.  I picked the Biggest name I could think of then! 

Some of the folks must have really disliked Tsai so much that they have kept this mess on for so very long after 曹長青 lighted the fire two years ago.  Cao just let his admirers do his bid.  What a wise guy!

Ching-Chih Chen


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On May 22, 2021, at 10:28 AM, Luby Liao <luby...@gmail.com> wrote:

Taitzer, are you OK?
What did Frank (and Jerome) say to Mike that made you so angry?
Cheers, Luby


On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:54 PM Taitzer Wang <tai...@gmail.com> wrote:

Now, disputant Michael Richardson has spoken (see his well-versed rebuttal mails below).  Let me offer a few thoughts to congratulate him for having done so.  Yes, as Michael says, Frank is “stuck out on a limb”.  Frank deserves a harsh criticism for writing his nonsensical gap early this morning on prestigious NATPA forum.

The flatterer Frank Hsiao said on NATPA Forum not long ago, “Count me one”  — 

Yes, here is one frog looking at the sky from the bottom of a well 坐井觀天.

Yes, here is one NATPA elder “gatekeeper” Professor Frank Hsiao 蕭聖鐵 who utters nonsensical gab in his 5/21 mail.

Yes, this has happened to this one senior member in the absence of the supervision of NATPA founder, the late Professor Liao Shutsung 故廖述宗教授.

Yes, this one elder NATPA member really thinks of his younger fellow members as idiots, who, unlike him, are led by TIW herself to believe what she has to say about and do with her PhD thesis are all lies.  這個元老 NATPA 會員確實把比他年輕而相信蔡英文有關她的博士論文的所做所言都是在撒謊的會友當白痴。

Yes, here is this one who does not know that TIW actually has single-handedly created all her own problems; nobody wants to accuse her of any wrongdoings in the first place.

And yes, Michael, NATPA as a whole owe you a great deal for having spent so much time to try to find out what is true.

Yes, Michael, NATPA members do have "a variety of protocols from the different institutions, none of which matter here.  The only thing that matters is what was UL's policy and what did UL do.

Yes, Paracelsus (1493 - 1541) had long said “Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.” (The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm, 1956, Harper & Row)

Taitzer  5/21/2021


On May 21, 2021, at 2:18 PM, Michael Richardson <richards...@gmail.com> wrote:

Frank!

I am really surprised (stunned actually) that a mathematician, of all people, would make a presumption of fact without any evidence.  Tsai also acknowledged Barcelo.  Under your theory that makes him an examiner also.  However, because of Tsai's false campaign statement about the death of Barcelo we did learn that he had nothing to do with the thesis, much less conduct a viva examination.  If Barcelo was not an examiner, and he is thanked just like Hindley, why do you name Hindley as an examiner?  I may not have the degrees you do and lack your academic experience but I do understand simple logic and your presumption about Hindley is unsupported with evidence.  

Now that you are stuck out on a limb with Hindley as an examiner you should consider that a LSE attorney identified to ROC prosecutors that Elliott and Leonard Leigh were the examiners.  I am not accepting the LSE assertion to ROC prosecutors as it was UL's responsibility not LSE.  Still, the LSE attorney's assertion seems to be closer to proof than your theorizing about an acknowledgement.

I am not a member of NATPA and will not be aware of any responses.  I suspect if NATPA members do check in, we will find a variety of protocols from the different institutions, none of which matter here.  The only thing that matters is what was UL's policy and what did UL do.

Regards, Michael

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 11:47 AM Frank S T Hsiao <frank...@colorado.edu> wrote:

Sorry Michael, you don’t know how the way the thesis acknowledgment works.

 

The candidate acknowledges the thesis advisors and thesis committee members, among others (like parents), since they usually made some input to the thesis (in our department, you have to submit the thesis at least two weeks before the committee meeting before my retirement. The protocol might change now)

 

Apparently you don’t know anything about math. This is absolutely nothing to do with math. It is a convention and the custom of submitting the final version of the thesis. Naturally, since it is a custom, not a rule or law, there is individual variant (you may not mention a nasty thesis committee member, But still, as a courtesy, you should). You can safely assume they are committee members.

 

All the NATPA members have their experience, I like to know what our members think.

Frank

 

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Frank!

 

You are a deep thinking math expert.  However that does not qualify you to make incorrect assertions.  In an earlier email you stated you had the names of the thesis examiners.  Yet as evidence you cite Tsai's acknowledgements in the thesis.  To my knowledge you are the first person to assert Hindley was one of the thesis examiners.  You have inflated a mentor to the status of examiner without any apparent basis for doing so other than Tsai's thank you statement.  Even with my limited math skills, that does not add up.

 

Regards, Michael

 

On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 10:18 PM Frank S T Hsiao <frank...@colorado.edu> wrote:

Dear Michael and all:

 

Ok, here they are. Both Elliott and Hindley passed away (you would think this is another evil conspiracy?)

 

And, apparently you even did not read her thesis made so much noise, and even made a blind accusation.

 

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Dear All :

Personal experiences prove nothing, and no help at all to prove the none existence of TIW's Ph.D. thesis which can not be found from the LSE library is a normal case.

According to the LSE student record shown by TIW is that she is in LSE from 81 to 83, and WD in 83 (more details can be found from Denis Peng's talk show). The photo shown in her autobiography about her sister went to Landon to join her for the Ph.D. thesis defense exam in OCT 83, actually is taken from Boston in the summertime of an unknown year.

If you want to know the truth and be logical, it is no existence here. Since the truth only destroys someone's reputation and unavoidable suffering. So the Obsfucation as Michelson ( Correction, it should be Michael Richardson, Michael sorry for this) said is the best strategy for anyone who does not want anyone to know the truth.

Shin

Frank S T Hsiao

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May 23, 2021, 4:38:34 PM5/23/21
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Dear Michael and all:

I will answer your writing one by one below.

 

But, It was nice to know who were the examiners.

Thus, we know for sure there were thesis committee and examiners, whatever who they were. Thus, there are two possibilities, whether she passed the examine or failed.

 

Apparently, she passed the examination, and the thesis was duly deposited in the LSE and designated as her PhD thesis. Do you have “fact” to show otherwise?

 

That is the fact, all others are simply lies and speculation.

 

Now, you were questioning whether the protocol was followed. Since there was no definite protocol to follow in or out of a university, that is irrelevant question.

Frank

 

From: Michael Richardson <richards...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 12:18 PM
To: Frank S T Hsiao <frank...@colorado.edu>
Cc: Luby Liao <luby...@gmail.com>; i_love_taiwan <i_love...@googlegroups.com>; Forum NATPA <natpa...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [NATPA Forum] Seeking truth? [Was: Information Review Tribunal allows Tsai Ing-wen thesis lawsuit to proceed]

 

Frank!

 

I am really surprised (stunned actually) that a mathematician, of all people, would make a presumption of fact without any evidence.  Tsai also acknowledged Barcelo.  Under your theory NO, I DON’T HAVE “THEORY,” DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THEORY?  IN MY RESPONSE, I JUST MENTIONED THE GENERAL CONVENTION AND CUSTOMS. THAT IS NOT THEORY. THEORY CAN BE DISPUTED ALSO. NOT TO SPEAKING OF CONVENTION AND CUSTOMS

 

that makes him an examiner also. HE MIGHT BE, BUT MIGHT NOT BE. HE MIGHT BE HAPPEN TO BE VISITING LSE AND SERVED AS THE EXAMINER. HE MIGHT NOT BE SINCE HE IS IN THE USA. BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL?

 

However, because of Tsai's false campaign statement about the death of Barcelo we did learn that he had nothing to do with the thesis, much less conduct a viva examination.  ARE YOU SURE HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TSAI’S THESIS? WHAT IS YOUR “FACT” TO SAY SO? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE DIRECTED HER MA THESIS IN CORNELL AND HER PHD THESIS IS/WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE MA THESIS IN CORNELL. THAT WHY SHE ACKNOWLEDGED BACELO. NOTHING WRONG ABOUT THIS.

 

If Barcelo was not an examiner, and he is thanked just like Hindley, why do you name Hindley as an examiner? NOT CLEAR ABOUT YOUR QUESTION. THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE RELATION BETWEEN BARCELO AND HINDLEY IN THE THESIS.  I DIDN’T “NAME” HINDLEY AS THE EXAMINER, I JUST GUESSED BY CONVENTION AND CUSTOMS THAT HINDLEY MIGHT BE AN EXAMINER. I may not have the degrees you do and lack your academic experience FROM WHAT YOU WRITE, I WOULD THINK SO.

but I do understand simple logic and your presumption about Hindley is unsupported with evidence. THE EVIDENCE IS THAT HE WAS MENTIONED IN THE THESIS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION, AND BY CONVENTION AND CUSTOMS, I GUESSED HE WAS AN EXAMINER. NOW YOU SAID HE WAS NOT. SO BE IT. TEMPEST IN TEA POT!   

 

Now that you are stuck out on a limb with Hindley as an examiner you should consider that a LSE attorney identified to ROC prosecutors that Elliott and Leonard Leigh were the examiners. OK, SO YOU FOUND THE REAL EXAMINER, NO Hindley. THEN, WHY DID YOU ASK FOR THE NAME OF EXAMINERS IN THE FIRST PLACE? I WAS JUST RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND MADE A SUGGESTIONS. SO NOW, YOU SAID HINKLEY WAS NOT, SO WHAT?

 

I am not accepting WELL WHAT IS THE FACT? the LSE assertion to ROC prosecutors as it was UL's responsibility not LSE. NOT CLEAR. WHAT RESPONSIBILITY? SO FAR AS I KNOW, LSE WAS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF UL, BUT EXAMINATION AND DECISION WAS MAKE BY LSE, AND THEN APPROVED ANNOUNCED BY UL. THAT IS THE USUALLY CUSTOMS (THAT IS ALSO THE CASE IN MY UNIVERSITY IN THE1970-80 BETWEEN THE MAIN CAMPUS AND BRANCHES, THAT IS BOULDER AND DENVER CAMPUSES, BUT DENVER CAMPUSES BECAME AN INDEPENDENT UNIT).

Still, the LSE attorney's assertion seems to be closer to proof WHAT PROOF? than your theorizing about an acknowledgement. NOT CLEAR AGAIN. AGAIN, OK, HINKLEY WAS NOT AN EXAMINER? WHY DO YOU WORRY ABOUT WHO WAS THE EXAMINER? IMPORTANT MATTER TO ASK IS WHETHER THERE WERE   

EXAMINERS. THE ANSWER IS THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO EXAMINERS.

 

I am not a member of NATPA and will not be aware of any responses.  YOU STILL CAN GET THE INFO INDIRECTLY.

I suspect if NATPA members do check in, we will find a variety of protocols from the different institutions, none of which matter here. YOU ARE ABSOLUELY CORRECT. YOU KNOW THAT, DIFFERENT INSTITUTE HAS DIFFERENT PROTOCOL.

The only thing that matters is what was UL's policy and what did UL do. SINCE THERE ARE “A VARIETY OF PROTOCOLS” IN DIFFERENT INSTITUTE, THERE IS NO DEFINITE CRITERIA OF RECEIVING THE DEGREE, BA, MA, OR PHD. THERE IS NO NEED TO ASK WHAT IS/WAS THE PROTOCOL, EVEN NO REASON TO QUESTION WHETHER THE PROTOCOLS WERE FOLLOWED, SINCE IT MIGHT CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE ADVISOR, EXAMINERS, UNIVERSITY RULES AT THAT TIME, AND THE STUDENT THESIS. SO FAR AS THE DEGREE WAS GRANTED BY THE UNIVERSITY, THAT IS ALL MATER. ABSOLUTELY NONE OF YOUR OR OTHER’S BUSINESS.

 

Regards, Michael

Frank S T Hsiao

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May 23, 2021, 6:18:22 PM5/23/21
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Wah, this Taitzer is really wrathful. Since he chipped in with such a unusual hateful spurt, let me make some speculation and analogy.

 

AFTER FINISHED HIS IN PHD CHEMISTRY, TAITZER GOT A JOB AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT AN UNIVERSITY. HE WAS THEN “FIRED” FROM THE UNIVERSITY, AND COULD’T GET A JOB IN OTHER UNIVERSITY.  HE STARTED TEACHING AS A TEACHER ON TAIWAN HISTORY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT (NOT HIS PROFESSION) AT  A CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR ELDERS, MAKING SOME CURBING AS A HOBBY (CURVING HUMAN FACE LIKE A MONKEY). THUS TAITZER’S ACADEMIC CAREER WAS DISRUPTED AT THE LEVEL OF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, JUST COULD NOT CLIMB UP THE REGULAR ACADEMIC LADDER I MENTIONED IN MY POST BELOW. IN MY VIEW, THAT WHY HE IS VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT WHO GOT THE PHD DEGREE. THAT IS THE SOURCE OF HIS INFERIOR COMPLEX, AND IT EXPLAINS ALL HIS CONTRARIANT BEHAVIOR AND BURST.  

 

Of course, Taitzer argues that he was not “fired,” he “resigned” voluntary from his position at the end of 6 years. But some can-do-nothing else people do not believe him and still suspect all kind of reasons why he was “fired” : incompetent research, no publication, plagiarism, bad teaching, fight with students and/or colleagues, cantankerous behavior (sounds familiar), or even had some kind of moral turpitude? So where to clarify all these speculations and rumors? The only place to ask is to ask the university where he left. Almost every university (mine also) has a mentor for the incoming assistant professor to help. So the best place to clarify all these rumors and speculations is to check the university record, annual faculty report and evaluation, and the mentor. The university is the gatekeeper!!

This is the same as the Tsai’s case. Those contrarians speculate and rumored every possible cases, except they did not ask the LSE directly, and refuse to accept the confirmation by LSE.

 

Below is my response to Taitzer Wang’s emotional writing in capital letters.

 

From: Taitzer Wang <tai...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 8:54 PM
To: Richardson, Michael <richards...@gmail.com>
Cc: Frank S T Hsiao <frank...@colorado.edu>; Liao, luby <luby...@gmail.com>; I Love Taiwan <i_love...@googlegroups.com>; NATPA-forum <natpa...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [iLoveTW] [NATPA Forum] Seeking truth? [Was: Information Review Tribunal allows Tsai Ing-wen thesis lawsuit to proceed]

 

 

Now, disputant Michael Richardson has spoken (see his well-versed rebuttal mails below). NO, NOT A REBUTTAL AT ALL. YOU SHOULD NOT RUSH TO MAKE JUDGEMENT EMOTIONALLY.  

Let me offer a few thoughts to congratulate him for having done so.  Yes, as Michael says, Frank is “stuck out on a limb”.  SAY THIS BEFORE YOU READ MY “REBUTTAL.”

Frank deserves a harsh criticism HARSH? UNLIKE YOU, I THINK MICHAEL WAS POLITE AND REASONABLE TO ASK. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS “HARSH”? MAY BE THIS IS A CHEMISTRY TERM. YOU ARE TOO EMOTIONAL, TAITZER, WITH ONLY PHD IN HAND. NO MORE.

for writing his nonsensical gap early this morning on prestigious NATPA forum.

 

The flatterer Frank Hsiao said on NATPA Forum not long ago, “Count me one”  — NOT CLEAR, ON WHAT? ON YOUR STUPIDITY?

 

Yes, here is one frog looking at the sky from the bottom of a well 坐井觀天. WHY SO? IS THAT TAITZER WANG, PHD.


Yes, here is one NATPA elder “gatekeeper” Professor Frank Hsiao 蕭聖鐵 who utters nonsensical gab in his 5/21 mail. SO WHAT IS YOUR POINT? WHY IS IT NONSENSICAL GAB? WHAT IS YOU PROOF OR ARGUMENT? A PHD COULD NOT MAKE AN PROPER ARGUMENT, THAT WHY YOU REMAIN A CHILD. STUPIDITY AT INFINITUM.

 

Yes, this has happened to this one senior member in the absence of the supervision of NATPA founder, the late Professor Liao Shutsung 故廖述宗教授. NOT CLEAR. A PHD WILL ARGUE DIRECTLY, NO NEED TO QUOTE OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE POINT.

 

Yes, this one elder NATPA member YAH? HOW OLD ARE YOU? ARE YOU TALKING TO YOURSELF?

really thinks of his younger fellow members as idiots, NOT CLEAR. BUT LIKE TAITZER PHD YOURSELF?

who, unlike him, are led by TIW herself to believe what she has to say about and do with her PhD thesis are all lies.  這個元老 NATPA 會員確實把比他年輕而相信蔡英文有關她的博士論文的所做所言都是在撒謊的會友當白痴。WHAT ALL THIS ABOUT? EXCEPT A EMOTIONAL BLAST, WHAT IS THIS TO DOW WITH 蔡英文有關她的博士論文?

 

Yes, here is this one who does not know that TIW actually has single-handedly created all her own problems; nobody wants to accuse her of any wrongdoings in the first place. THEN, WHY DID YOU JUMP IN?  SINCE THE FACT IS SHE HAD THESIS COMMITTEE, LIKE MICHAEL WROTE, AND SHE PASSED THE EXAMINATION, DULY RECEIVED HER DEGREE, AND THE THESIS IS DISPLAYED AS SUCH IN THE LSE LIBRARY. EVERYBODY KNOWS, EXCEPT YOU AND SOME CONTRARIANS, WHICH ARE MINORITY. MOST PEOPLE ARE SANE AND REASONABLE. NOTHING TO ARGUE ABOUT. IF YOU ARE SANE, JUST GO TO ASK LSE TO WITHDRAW HER THESIS (WHATEVER IT IS) FROM THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE. THAT IS THE ONLY SANE THING TO DO.

 

And yes, Michael, NATPA as a whole owe you a great deal for having spent so much time to try to find out what is true. YES, MICHAEL JUST SHOWN THAT THERE WAS A THESIS COMMITTEE AND EXAMINERS. THE PROBLEM IS LONG SETTLED.

 

Yes, Michael, NATPA members do have "a variety of protocols from the different institutions, none of which matter here.  THAT WAS ORIGINAL QUESTION OF THE MICHAEL. “The only thing that matters is what was UL's policy and what did UL do.” THIS DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL.

 

Yes, Paracelsus (1493 - 1541) had long said “Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.” (The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm, 1956, Harper & Row) HEY, IS THIS PART OF YOUR CHEMISTRY TRAINING? DID YOU ALSO TEACH THIS IN YOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASS FOR THE SENIOR? SORRY, I AM NOT A CHEMIST, EVEN NOT A FAILED CHEMIST, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO.

 

Taitzer  5/21/2021

 



On May 21, 2021, at 2:18 PM, Michael Richardson <richards...@gmail.com> wrote:

 

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Luby Liao

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Buried inside Shin's message was a Harvard historian's account of his thesis defense which is relevant to this thread and could be useful to Michael Richardson's pursuit of truth.   I deleted everything else to make it easier for you to read.  Enjoy, Luby

Luby Liao

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Shin, after you taught us that
The Reality is what you choose to believe.
Sebo made a comment, and I asked you a question.  
I would very much appreciate an answer to my question and a response to Sebo.
You can find the discussion here:
Cheers, Luby

Taitzer Wang

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May 27, 2021, 10:46:50 PM5/27/21
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Now, disputant Michael Richardson has spoken (see his well-versed rebuttal mails below).  Let me offer a few thoughts to congratulate him for having done so.  Yes, as Michael says, Frank is “stuck out on a limb”.  Frank deserves a harsh criticism for writing his nonsensical gap early this morning on prestigious NATPA forum.

The flatterer Frank Hsiao said on NATPA Forum not long ago, “Count me one”  — 

Yes, here is one frog looking at the sky from the bottom of a well 坐井觀天.
Yes, here is one NATPA elder “gatekeeper” Professor Frank Hsiao 蕭聖鐵 who utters nonsensical gab in his 5/21 mail.
Yes, this has happened to this one senior member in the absence of the supervision of NATPA founder, the late Professor Liao Shutsung 故廖述宗教授.

Yes, this one elder NATPA member really thinks of his younger fellow members as idiots, who, unlike him, are led by TIW herself to believe what she has to say about and do with her PhD thesis are all lies.  這個元老 NATPA 會員確實把比他年輕而相信蔡英文有關她的博士論文的所做所言都是在撒謊的會友當白痴。

Yes, here is this one who does not know that TIW actually has single-handedly created all her own problems; nobody wants to accuse her of any wrongdoings in the first place.

And yes, Michael, NATPA as a whole owe you a great deal for having spent so much time to try to find out what is true.

Yes, Michael, NATPA members do have "a variety of protocols from the different institutions, none of which matter here.  The only thing that matters is what was UL's policy and what did UL do.

Yes, Paracelsus (1493 - 1541) had long said “Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.” (The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm, 1956, Harper & Row)

Taitzer  5/21/2021


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Taitzer Wang

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May 27, 2021, 11:38:05 PM5/27/21
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Frank,

That’s is what we say 理虧,則含血噴人 (when one is in the wrong, he would resort to making scurrilous attack on his opponents’ integrity — and, of course, forget all about his own.) 

The names given in President Tsai Ing-wen's acknowledgment section of her rough draft of PhD thesis are not her viva examiners that passed her viva, and you've kept telling Michael Richardson that they are, whereas Richardson’s own inquiries by walking the walk have shown that there are not.  What do you want to accomplish by talking the talk?  Look carefully at what you showed us last week again and you’ll know that for sure you and President Tsai both lie in the same vein to the public, bad for both of you.

For a slandering from another NATPA member about me some years ago, I considered that the matter was so serious that I decided to file a formal letter with NATPA Board of Directors to clarify the misunderstanding.  I did, and at that point of time I made it known to NATPA forum members that the letter was available from the President of that year.  You did not bother to read my letter then, why do you have to create so many, many more fake stories of your own about me now?  Again, what do you want to accomplish?

In the mean time, let’s stick to the "thesis-gate" to see how far you can go defending President Tsai’s deception.  Your idea of equating your newly created fake stories about my academic career to Michael Richardson's diligent inquiries of President TIW's non-existent Ph.D. thesis is absurd to the utmost.

Don’t say that I was "wrathful”.  I am actually very happy to have the opportunity to write these letters in reply to yours.  And I promise you that I’ll answer all your letters questioning my integrity.  Keep them coming.

Taitzer 5/23


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