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Taiwan University Professor Trending on Weibo: “Taiwanese People Need to Wake Up”

“Taiwan is Chinese territory. So it needs to be defended, at all costs. The U.S. is using us as an instrument.”
Manya Koetse

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A hashtag titled “Taiwan Professor Urges People of Taiwan to Wake Up” appeared in Weibo’s top trending lists earlier this week, attracting over 180 million views (#台湾教授呼吁台湾人要觉醒#).

The professor in question is the Taiwanese professor Chang Ling-chen (张麟徵, Zhang Linzheng), a Political Science Emeritus Professor at the National Taiwan University who is well-known for her media commentary on current affairs.

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Manya Koetse is a sinologist, writer, and public speaker specializing in China’s social trends, digital culture, and online media ecosystems. She founded What’s on Weibo in 2013 and now runs the Eye on Digital China newsletter. Learn more at manyakoetse.com or follow her on X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

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