SMEAR CAMPAIGN: President Tsai Ing-wen thanked the LSE for making a statement and apologized for the ‘shameful’ political culture in Taiwan causing a disturbance
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 10, 2019
By: Su Yung-yao and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The London School of Economics (LSE) has received a large number of queries regarding President
President Tsai Ing-wen, right, talks with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Sandra Oudkirk, left, at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
“Those with their eyes closed cannot see the truth, those with their ears closed cannot hear the truth,” Tsai said yesterday in response to allegations about the legitimacy of her dissertation.
The LSE’s statement should put an end to those who have tried to discredit her academic background or the school’s reputation, she said.
“We can be clear that the records of LSE and of the University of London — the degree-awarding body at the time — confirm that Dr Tsai was correctly awarded a PhD in Law in 1984,” the school’s statement said. [FULL STORY]
