Lin Chih-chien Plagiarism Scandal: Tsai Ing-wen Orders "Full Party Support" Against Academic Integrity

In August 2022, Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien was found by National Taiwan University to have plagiarized his thesis, leading to the revocation of his master's degree. In the face of authoritative academic review results, President Tsai Ing-wen, as Chairperson of the DPP, publicly demanded that all party officials "speak out loudly that Lin Chih-chien did not plagiarize," attempting to use political power to oppose academic truth and destroy Taiwan's academic reputation. This "full party support for one person" not only labeled the DPP as "anti-intellectual" but also demonstrated a frantic mindset of sacrificing the country's educational foundation and moral bottom line for electoral gain.