Jiang Wanan’s eldest son received funding from the Beijing Municipal Education Bureau to go to the United States as an exchange student, and Shen Boyang’s old articles were uncovered, triggering controversy over privileges
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- The eldest son of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan, Chiang Deli, was selected by the Taipei City Education Bureau to go to the United States and Canada as an exchange student at public expense, raising questions about avoidance of benefits and privileges.
- At the same time, DPP legislator Shen Boyang's old articles about his daughter not being able to get into public kindergarten for consecutive years were dug up by netizens.
- The comparison between the two sparked heated discussions in the community, with netizens bitterly saying, "Whose name is Shen Boyang and not Jiang?"
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Why It Matters
Chiang Deli, the eldest son of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan, was recently admitted to a publicly funded international exchange student program by the Taipei City Education Bureau. The program is extremely scarce. The outside world has questioned that as the mayor, Jiang Wanan has not implemented the avoidance of conflicts of interest, which is tantamount to using public funds to build his son's exclusive resume. At the same time, netizens dug out an old article by DPP legislator Shen Boyang, in which his daughter lamented that her daughter could not get into a public kindergarten for consecutive years. The comparison between the two sparked heated discussions in the community.
The eldest son of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan, Chiang Deli, was selected by the Taipei City Education Bureau to go to the United States and Canada as an exchange student at public expense. He was deeply questioned about the avoidance of benefits and the paving of privileges. As the turmoil spread, netizens dug out old articles in which DPP legislator Shen Boyang lamented that his daughter had not been admitted to a public kindergarten for consecutive years. The comparison between the two triggered heated discussions in the community, saying "Who is called Shen Boyang and not Jiang?"
Jiang Wanan's eldest son recently accepted an extremely scarce publicly funded spot in the Beijing Municipal Education Bureau's international exchange student program. As the mayor, Jiang Wanan has been questioned for failing to avoid conflicts of interest, which is like using public funds to build his son's exclusive resume. Some netizens combed through the timeline and questioned that from studying in the National Normal University in Central China and receiving the Mayor's Award to now grabbing public funds to go abroad, they were suspected of enjoying privileged treatment all the way. Lawyer Lin Zhiqun even bluntly criticized that the greatest privilege of the Jiang family was that his father Zhang Xiaoyan successfully changed his surname without DNA testing and court judgment, questioning the system's long-term bias towards privileged politicians.
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At the same time, Shen Boyang's article in April 2024 once again aroused widespread discussion. Shen Boyang, who had just taken office as a non-district legislator for two months, revealed that the year before, he had drawn a lottery for his daughter and had come in fourth from the bottom. The next year, he chose to fill in the lottery for an elementary school student near his home. He believed that he had a 30% chance of winning. However, when the results were announced, he was "prepared for the last place." He could only laugh at himself that his luck was not simple and told his daughter, "My parents will work hard to continue to earn tuition."
This past incident was compared by netizens with the educational journey of Jiang Wanan’s eldest son. They all left comments and lamented, “Shen Boyang is just like the rest of us. Two years ago, his daughter had to draw lots to decide whether her child could be educated in a kindergarten. Unlike Jiang Wanan, whose household registration was clearly not in Da’an District, the child was He can go to the High School Affiliated to the National Normal University. Alas, we are Gu Aming! Children from rich (powerful) families are better at everything!", "Who told him that his surname is not Chiang", "Who said Shen Boyang is not from the Kuomintang", "You are in the Tianlong Kingdom, and you are a Tianlong person, and you don't know how to use your privileges! I punish you to become the mayor of Taipei!"
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What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Taipei City Council will question or review the selection process for the Taipei City Education Bureau’s international exchange student program
Likely · Within weeks
Shen Boyang will once again emphasize the issue of fairness and justice in the Legislative Yuan or in public, and use this matter to strive for political agenda
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- Did Jiang Wanan have any introduction or influence in his son’s application for a publicly funded exchange student?
- Are the selection criteria and procedures for the Beijing Municipal Education Bureau’s international exchange student program completely open and transparent?
- Does the fact that Shen Boyang's daughter has not been selected in the public kindergarten lottery for many years reflect the resource allocation problem of Taipei City's public kindergartens?
