Former KMT chair candidate who told legislator not to speak Hoklo slammedBy Fang Wei-li and Jason Pan / Staff reportersA demand by Sun Yat-sen School president Chang Ya-chung (張亞中) that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Yi-chuan (王義川) speak Mandarin during a public hearing at the Legislative Yuan has been condemned by linguists and pan-green camp politicians. Chang then interrupted him, saying: “Please speak Guoyu [國語, Mandarin].”Sun Yat-sen School president Chang Ya-chung is pictured at a hearing at the Legislative Yuan on Thursday. If you cannot understand what I said, you can use a translator,” Wang told Chang in Hoklo. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wang Yi-chuan attends a hearing at the Legislative Yuan on Thursday. Chang was discriminating against Hoklo speakers and does not know that under the law, it is now one of Taiwan’s national languages, some people said.

Source: Taipei Times January 17, 2026 17:15 UTC