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Xu Jiaqing, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, was recently exposed for using public funds to go abroad and using his privileges to allow his son to participate in the Dongsha Island Ecological Experience Camp, which violated the conflict of interest avoidance law for public officials. Now he is accused of allowing his 14-year-old son to accompany him on a business trip to Europe in the name of a photographer.
Xu Jiaqing, Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council. (File photo)
Xu Jiaqing, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, has been constantly controversial. It was recently revealed that he used public funds to go abroad and used his privileges to let his son land on Dongsha Island. Now he is accused of letting his son pretend to be a "photographer" to accompany him on a business trip to Europe, triggering discussion from the outside world. Shen Rongqin, a pro-green scholar and associate professor at York University in Canada, couldn't help but bluntly said: "Xu Jiaqing should consider staying."
Shen Rongqin said in a Facebook post that he admired Xu Jiaqing, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee, for visiting seven countries for 26 days to fight for Taiwan's rights and interests. However, the Supervisory Yuan just recently determined that Xu Jiaqing's son's participation in the "2025 Overseas Chinese Youth Dongsha Ecological Experience Camp" organized by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee violated the conflict of interest avoidance law for public officials. Now it has been revealed that Xu Jiaqing asked a 14-year-old to accompany him on the trip in the name of "photographer", saying bluntly, "I think Xu Jiaqing should consider staying."
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Shen Rongqin pointed out that he understood what Xu Jiaqing said, "In the past, when Jiang (Zhang) Xiaoyan was the chairman of the National Committee, he not only brought his wife, but also Huang Meilun, the mother of the current Mayor Jiang, with him when he went on trips. He was often accompanied by six or seven people, and they did not stay in anything but a five-star hotel." It was not like her to be frugal, but this does not justify her behavior.
Shen Rongqin emphasized that he could understand what Vice Minister Wu Zhizhong said about Xu Jiaqing being a mother and needing to take care of her son, but these did not excuse her behavior. But if we object to Jiang Xiaoyan and Jiang Wanan’s violation of conflicts of interest, there is no reason to turn a blind eye to what Xu Jiaqing did.
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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Supervisory Yuan will launch a formal investigation into the incident involving Xu Jiaqing’s son traveling abroad
Likely · Within weeks
Xu Jiaqing will face pressure from within the pro-green camp to stay or leave.
Possible · Within weeks

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