Thesis Gate：Material Evidences（論文門重要證據）

※ Picture aus：True Voice of Taiwan（圖片來源：政經關不了）

Part 1：Basis（第一部分：基本資料）

 

February 1982→Transfer from M.Phil to PhD Notice without a handwritten signature by the person whose name was typescribed!
1982年2月，從碩士生晉升為博士生，但通知書並未經過打字署名者親筆簽名！

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 1982→Withdrew from course—financial difficulties! Without registration payment since this semester! "Date of approval of Thesis Title: 19/1/83", "Date of entry: June 83", "retro Oct 80", "Result: Degree Awarded Feb 84" in Tsai's student record!
1982年11月，因財務困難而退出學程！自這個學期開始便不再有註冊繳費記錄！學籍卡上還記錄著「1983年1月19日批准論文題目」、「1983年6月登錄」、「自1980年10月起算」、「1984年2月授予學位」！




















16 October 1983→LSE claims Tsai's oral exam. was conducted on Sunday!
LSE表示蔡英文的口試日期為1983年10月16日，星期天！


















March 2011→Tsai said: "They (three examiners) decided to grant me one-and-a-half Ph.D.'s."
2011年3月，蔡英文自述：「他們（三個口試委員）決定給我1.5個（博士）學位。」

January 1984→A photocopy of the letter about oral exam. This page was added to Tsai's thesis (2019, E-File) without a handwritten signature!
1984年1月，口試通過證明影本。此一無人親筆簽名的頁面被加入蔡英文（2019年的電子檔）論文！

 












 

 

February 1984→A photocopy of the official letter about degree award. This page was added to Tsai's thesis (2019, E-File) without a handwritten signature!
1984年2月，正式學位授予通知書影本。此一無人親筆簽名的頁面被加入蔡英文（2019年的電子檔）論文！

 

 

March 1984→Certificate 1: photocopy 2019, without certified stamp!
1984年3月，第一份證書：2019年出示影本，無認證章！

2010→Certificate 2: replacement, photocopy, with Tsai's personal seal!
2010年，第二份證書：補發的證書影本，上有蔡英文私章！

2015→Certificate 3:  replacement, original, with the help of former LSE director Anthony Giddens
2015年，第三份證書：補發的證書正本，透過LSE前院長紀登斯協助取得！

1984、1987→Authentication 1 and 2: The first letter should have been signed by the same person whose name was typescribed, but it was signed by someone else as an agent who signed the second letter too. The signature ist easily counterfeited. The letter emphasized: "It is not possible to issue detailed information of Mr Tsai's PhD since it was awarded after a course of research and submission of a thesis title."
認證1、2：第一封信原本應由打字署名者簽發，卻由他人代理簽字；第二封信也是由後者簽發，其字體很容易被仿冒。信中強調：「由於蔡先生的博士學位是在經過研究和繳交論文題目後授予的，因此不可能公布其詳細資訊。」

2011 (from March to June)→Title 1：Safeguarding Domestic Market
2011年3－6月，題目1：「防衛國內市場」

October 2011→Title 2：Unfair Trade Practices and Safeguard for Domestic Market
2011年10月，題目2：「不公平貿易措施及國內市場的防衛機制」

June 2019→Title 3：Unfair Trade Practices and Safeguard Actions
2019年6月，題目3：「不公平貿易與防衛機制」

1981－1984→Index 1: "List of Current Legal Research Topics". At least one classmate (M. Phil / PhD Law) only got the LLM degree.
索引1：《當前法律研究主題列表》（1981－1984），其中至少一位同班同學（法律系碩博士學程）只取得碩士學位！

 





1985→Index 2: "Legal Research in the United Kingdom 1905－1984". It is written in the foreword: "particularly of the date of award which may be inaccurate!"
索引2：1985年出版的《英國法律研究1905－1984》，前言中寫道：「特別是授予日期可能不準確！」

May 1983→List 1 of works: Tsai mistranslated the title of her PhD thesis in "the registration form for service application of international students who want to return home"; the time and place of publication were stated as: "It will soon be published in law journals in Taiwan and America."
著作列表1：蔡英文在1983年5月的「留學生回國服務申請登記表」中譯錯自己的博士論文題目，發表時間及地點則是「即將發表於國內及美國法學雜誌」！

 

 

 

 

September 1984→List 2 of works: Only three journal articles were listed in NCCU's "application form for recruiting new faculty"!
著作列表2：1984年9月政大的「提請新聘教師單」中僅見蔡英文的三篇期刊文章！

September 1984→List 3 of works: List 3 of works: In NCCU's "teacher qualification resume", Tsai filled in the title of a chapter as the title of the PhD thesis!
著作列表3：1984年9月政大的「教師資格審查履歷表」中，蔡英文把一個章節標題當成博士論文題目來填寫！

September 2019→List 4 of works: According to documents from SCU, Tsai's doctoral thesis was not included in the list of works (1983－1993).
著作列表4：根據東吳2019年9月提供的資料，蔡英文的著作（1983－1993）中沒有她的博士論文！

 








2009－→Bibliography 1：ProQuest, only one page!
2009年起，第一次書目登錄：ProQuest僅有一頁資料！

2015－→Bibliography 2：EthOS, Abstract/ no abstract available! Supervisor/ not available!
2015年起，第二次書目登錄：EthOS無論文摘要！指導者不詳！

June 2019→e-mail from LSE Library: LSE Library has never had a copy of this thesis. ……Unfortunately Senate House apparently never received a copy and the IALS are unable to find their copy.
2019年6月，來自LSE圖書館的電子郵件：LSE圖書館從未有過該論文……遺憾的是，總圖顯然從未收到過，而且高等法律研究所也找不到他們的。

July 2019→e-mail from British Library: we hold a record in EThOS of the thesis but not the full file. The record was added in June 2015 by a member of staff in response to a user's speculative request for the thesis.
2019年7月，來自大英圖書館的電子郵件：我們於電子論文在線服務系統EThOS中有此論文的記錄，但沒有完整檔案。此記錄是在2015年6月由工作人員添加的，以回應用戶對此論文的探求。

October 2019→e-mail from (the University of London's) Senate House Library: The Library never received the original copies of this thesis from the External Examiners. Another copy was sent to Senate House Library in 2011 and this was then sent on to IALS. However, it would appear that since then IALS have confirmed that they no longer have this copy.
2019年10月，來自（倫敦大學）總圖的電子郵件：圖書館未曾從校外的口試委員收到此論文的原始副本。2011年又有一份副本送到總圖，然後轉給高等法律研究所，但是高等法律研究所之後已確認不再保有此一副本。

January 2022→Response on the website WhatDoTheyKnow: The University of London has not published this thesis as no physical copy of the thesis was received into the University from the examiners.
2022年1月，WhatDoTheyKnow網站上的回應：因為倫敦大學沒有從考官們的手中收到論文的實體版本，因此校方並未發表！

 

January 2016→LSE's Congratulations to Tsai Ing-wen: without the title of doctor!

2016年1月，LSE向蔡英文發出的賀文中沒有冠上博士頭銜！

October 2019→LSE statement on PhD of Dr Tsai Ing-wen: only 4 articles on the "in the press" page!
2019年10月，LSE針對蔡英文博士資格聲明的in the press區發布頁面上只有4篇文章！

January 2020→ LSE alumna Dr Tsai Ing-wen re-elected: only "former LSE PhD Law student Dr Tsai Ing-wen" !
2020年1月，關於LSE校友蔡英文博士連任總統的新聞稿上只稱呼為「前LSE法學博士生蔡英文博士」！

Part 2：History（第二部分：歷史佐證）



May 1983→"Please hire first!" in Tsai's archives at National Chengchi University!
1983年5月，蔡英文在政大的檔案中出現「請惠予優先延攬」等語！

June 1983→Before her oral exam. Tsai called herself a doctor in a journal of National Chengchi University.
1983年6月，蔡英文尚未口試，便於政大期刊中自稱博士。

1984→In list of 107 PhD graduates (LSE in the 1983/4 academic year) only the theses of Tsai and another woman (degree was revoked!) are unavailable.
（LSE於1983 / 84學年度）107位博士畢業生名單中，僅蔡英文和另一位女子（學位已被註銷！）的論文無法取得。

Spring 1984→"Dr." Tsai's first master's degree student Huan Lin took his oral exam. at Soochow University.
1984年春，蔡英文「博士」指導的第一位碩士班學生林桓在東吳大學進行論文口試。




















December 1984→The National Chengchi University want to hire "guest teacher" Ing-Wen Tsai as "associate professor". "3 PhD theses" were added to a draft of official document.
1984年12月，政大想要將「客座教師」蔡英文聘為「副教授」。內簽函稿中，加入了「博士論文3冊」等字。
















December 1984→The National Chengchi University sent official documents to the Ministry of Education, but the text war unusually covered with a big seal of the institution.
1984年12月，政大向教育部發送正式公文，但機關大印不尋常地蓋在內文上。



















August 1985→The Ministry of Education asked the ROC government's office in the UK (namens "Free Chinese Centre" before 1992) about Tsai's doctoral qualification again since December 1984.
1985年8月，教育部繼1984年12月之後，再次向中華民國政府駐英機構（1992年之前，名為「自由中國中心」）追問蔡英文的博士資格。

















September 1985→A handwritten official correspondence from one of the overseas personnel at "the Representative Office in the UK." (without signature) indicated that Tsai's doctoral qualification is true, wie the response in July 1984.
1985年9月，一位「駐英國代表處」的駐外人員（未具名）於手寫公函中表示蔡英文的博士資格屬實，就如1984年7月的回覆內容。

















June 1987→Citation (only once)："Unfair (or Trair!) Trade Practices (or Practice!) and safeguard (or Safegard!) Actions" (Lonton! 1983, not 1984!)
1987年6月，論文引用（僅此一次）：《不公平貿易與防衛機制》題目多處拼字錯誤！（倫敦！印製時間為1983，而非1984！）

August 1987→The Ministry of Examination requested a background check for Tsai's academic qualifications.
1987年8月，考選部要求針對蔡英文的學歷進行背景調查。

September 1987→There are 3 versions of the reply letter from the University of London.
1987年9月，倫敦大學的回函出現三個版本。













2007→Funder: Anonymous Donor! Project Title: Taiwan Research Programme (at LSE, for Fang Long Shih)! Amount £: £480,405.71! End Date: 2014/9/30!
2007年，有人匿名贊助台灣研究計畫（LSE，施芳瓏）48萬多英鎊，為期7年。



















2009－2015→Fang Long Shih and Anthony Giddens (former LSE Director) may be Tsai's overseas helper: 2009 ProQuest, 2010 Senate House Library, 2015 British Library, and 2010/2015 the University of London's Diploma Production Office.
2009－2015，施芳瓏和紀登斯（LSE前院長）也許是蔡英文的海外幫手：2009年ProQuest資料庫、2011年倫敦大學總圖、2015年大英圖書館、以及2010和2015年的倫敦大學文憑產製室。

July 2019→The Ministry of Education made a decision that important archives about Tsai's academic career (1983?－2000) are not visible before the end of year 2049!
2019年7月，教育部決定在2049年年底之前不公開有關蔡英文學術生涯（1983？－2000）的重要檔案！

 


















September 2019→President Tsai filed a lawsuit against three professors. However, the prosecutor did not hold the first court hearing until more than a year later, and has always refused the request to preserve the evidence.
2019年9月，蔡英文總統向三位教授提起訴訟，但是檢察官直到一年多以後才首次開偵查庭，而期間一直拒絕保全證據的請求！

August 2020→In another lawsuit about Tsai's Thesis Gate, a presidential staff did not agree to obtaining evidence from UoL/LSE, the Ministry of Education, and Tsai Ing-wen herself!
2020年8月，在另一場有關蔡英文論文門的訴訟中，總統幕僚不同意向倫敦大學/政經學院、教育部、以及蔡英文本人求證！

（to be continued）