It’s fabricated disinformation.
Fact-check reporter: Hsu Yun-kai
Managing editor: Chen Wei-ting
The original publication can be read here.
- A message circulating online recently claims that former Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng advocates “handing military and diplomatic affairs to the mainland, with all other issues open to negotiation.” Upon verification, this is fabricated disinformation.
- The circulating message claims that Wang Jin-pyng gave a radio interview on July 3 in which he put forward the position of “handing military and diplomatic affairs to the mainland,” sparking heated discussion. Verification shows that this message is entirely fictitious, with no related media reports to be found.
Wang Jin-pyng’s office clarified that Wang did not make the remarks circulating online, that he has not given any radio interviews recently, and that the online claims are entirely fabricated.
- The circulating message originated from Chinese social media platforms and had already appeared on July 4 in various text and video versions—none of which cited a source or supporting evidence. The rumor subsequently spread on Taiwanese social media, and a former legislator who mistakenly believed it also helped spread it before later admitting to himself that it was disinformation.
Therefore, the online claim that Wang Jin-pyng advocates “handing military and diplomatic affairs to the mainland” is purely fabricated “Incorrect” information.
Background
A message and video circulating online recently claim that former Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng gave a radio interview on July 3 in which he advocated that, across the Taiwan Strait, “military and diplomatic affairs be handed to the mainland, with all other issues open to negotiation,” a viewpoint that drew widespread discussion.
The circulating message comes in multiple versions, including one claiming that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) reacted strongly, criticizing Wang Jin-pyng and telling him not to deceive the people of Taiwan.
Fact-check
No such statement can be found; Wang Jin-pyng’s office says it is fabricated disinformation
The circulating message claims that Wang Jin-pyng gave a radio interview on July 3 in which he advocated “handing military and diplomatic affairs to the mainland,” sparking public discussion. However, a search of recent media reports turns up no related news. Wang Jin-pyng’s recent schedule consisted of attending an event at Zhinan Temple on July 2, attending a Ko Chih-en support-group event on July 5, and attending the General Chamber of Commerce assembly on July 8—with no radio interview among them.
Our fact-check reporter phoned Wang Jin-pyng’s office to verify. The office clarified that Wang did not make the “handing military and diplomatic affairs to the mainland” remarks, that he has not given any radio interviews recently, and that the online claims are all fabricated disinformation.
The rumor came from Chinese social media, and a former Taiwanese legislator who mistakenly believed it helped spread it
Tracing the source of the rumor, we found that it had already appeared on major Chinese social media platforms on July 4 and has continued to spread since. The rumor comes in various textual and audiovisual versions, but their content is similar, with the core argument in each describing Wang Jin-pyng as advocating “handing military and diplomatic affairs to the mainland.”
However, none of this content accounts for its source—for instance, it calls this a July 3 radio talk by Wang Jin-pyng, but does not identify which media outlet, let alone provide a news link. The video versions of the rumor merely use voiceover narration stitched together with footage from Wang Jin-pyng’s past interviews, without any key audio or video to support the claim.
Notably, former Taiwanese legislator Chiu Yi recently relayed this rumor on social media platforms (1, 2) and endorsed the remarks attributed to Wang Jin-pyng. But he later publicly admitted that it was fake news, stressing that his earlier commentary did not stand (1, 2). Chiu Yi’s original comments had already spread the rumor; however, short videos made by netizens from clips of Chiu Yi’s remarks can still be found on TikTok and other audiovisual platforms.
Some Taiwanese media also took note of this rumor; a China Times editorial pointed out that it is disinformation.
Reposted from the TFC website in collaboration with StopFake as part of the Ukraine–Taiwan Initiative for Election Information Resilience.
