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Chiang Wan-an’s Son’s Classmates Speak Out, but Users Question Their Authenticity

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an faces public criticism over allegations that he failed to avoid conflicts of interest involving his eldest son’s education and extracurricular activities.
  • Several social media accounts claiming to belong to the son’s classmates posted near-identical defenses, prompting media figure Wu Ching-yi to question whether the campaign was coordinated.
  • Users also pointed to Indonesian IP addresses, while one post disputed what it called confusion over Taiwan’s exam-free admissions system.

A wave of social media posts from people claiming to be classmates of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an’s eldest son has triggered fresh questions about who is behind them. The posts defended Chiang Te-li and said students were angry that misinformation had left him feeling wronged.

The controversy follows criticism that Chiang Wan-an failed to properly avoid conflicts of interest involving his son’s education and extracurricular activities. One person claiming to have been in Chiang Te-li’s same class at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University’s junior-high division wrote that many students taking the same Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students had spoken up for him.

Exam-free admission is a very bad term. Many people have been confusing it recently. In fact, exam-free admission still requires students to take the comprehensive assessment exam, and high-school admissions depend on those results. It has nothing to do with a mayor’s award.

· Social media user claiming to be Chiang Te-li’s classmateThe post challenged what it described as public confusion about the admissions controversy.

The post argued that “exam-free admission” was a misleading term. It said the system still requires students to take the comprehensive assessment exam and uses those results for high-school admissions, and that it has no connection to a mayor’s award.

Has Chiang Wan-an reached his limit? Why have Chiang Te-li’s middle-school classmates suddenly started posting in unison?

· Wu Ching-yiThe media figure questioned the timing and similarity of the posts.

The writer added that if Chiang had used improper means to enter Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School and receive a mayor’s award, it would show that Taiwan’s system had seriously deteriorated. Media figure Wu Ching-yi, however, noticed that multiple accounts had suddenly posted almost identical messages and asked whether the mayor could no longer withstand the pressure.

Other users said the accounts all showed Indonesian IP addresses. They also questioned one account named “iamdeepseekandanindonesian,” asking why posts praising Chiang Te-li looked exactly alike if they had been written by different classmates.

Why do the posts praising Chiang Te-li from different classmates all look exactly the same? Do they have a meeting of minds?

· Online userThe comment raised doubts about the authenticity or coordination of the accounts.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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