LSE confirms president’s doctorate

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

Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) doctorate and it can confirm that the degree was conferred, it said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

“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]