Weng Hsiao-ling

Weng Hsiao-ling (; born 18 January 1969) is a Taiwanese legal scholar and politician. She served on the National Communications Commission from 2008 to 2012, and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2024.

Early life and education Weng was born in Kaohsiung on 18 January 1969. She was raised in a military dependents' village. Her father, Weng Chi-hsiung (翁啟雄), was a graduate of the Republic of China Military Academy who became the president of National Chin-Yi University of Technology. Her mother was a secondary school teacher from mainland China. Her paternal grandfather, Weng Chung-tzu (翁鐘賜), was a native of Yizhu, Chiayi, who earned a degree in economics from Keio University and was a supporter of the Taiwanese Cultural Association. Her doctoral dissertation, written in German, was titled, "Rechtsprobleme der indirekten Werbung durch Sponsoring und Product-Placement im Kinospielfilm: eine Untersuchung zur Bedeutung der Kunstfreiheitsgarantie für die Anwendung des § 1 UWG".

Academic career After receiving her doctorate, Weng returned to Taiwan and became a law professor at National Defense University, National Chung Hsing University, and National Tsing Hua University. after the term of the previous commission had ended in January of that same year. At the time of her nomination to the NCC, Weng was a political independent. All nominees, including Weng, were approved by the Legislative Yuan's joint committee on education, culture, and transportation, and met with journalists for the first time the following month. In February 2009, Weng attended a hearing convened to discuss amendments to the Satellite Radio and Television Act. The following year, Weng commented on government investment in Taiwanese media, discussed amendments to the Broadcasting and Television Act, clarified aspects of NCC decisions, and opposed a proposal allowing the Executive Yuan to select the NCC chair and vice chair.

Weng was not renominated to her NCC post. In 2012, her final year in office, Weng, Chen Jeng-chang, and Chung Chi-hui withdrew from a case involving Want Want and . Three years previously, as Want Want acquired the China Times, China Television, and Chung T'ien Television, images of Weng, Cheng, and Chung had been published on the China Times front page in the manner of wanted posters. The merger between Want Want and China Network Systems was approved in late July 2008, with days left in Weng's NCC term. During her final month on the National Communications Commission, television shopping network U-Life filed a lawsuit against Weng, alleging that she had favored the Eastern Home and Leisure Company in an application filed by the Kbro Company.

Legislative Yuan After her NCC tenure ended, Weng returned to her associate professorship in law at National Tsing Hua University. She did not return to politics until the 2024 legislative election, when she was ranked fourth on the Kuomintang party list for proportional representation and elected to the 11th Legislative Yuan.

Weng proposed amendments to the Act Governing the Legislative Yuan’s Power and the Criminal Code, criminalizing the contempt of the legislature.

In June 2024, she accused President Lai Ching-te of treason and criticized defense minister Wellington Koo for failing to maintain maps that showed Mongolia as part of the Republic of China.

Weng then presented a 1912 map of the Republic of China, which included Mongolia, Tannu Uriankhai, Vladivostok, Tibet, Nine-dash line and the Kuril Islands, and asked, "Why don't you restore the policy to "retake Mainland China by force" ? Or is it that none of us, the citizens of the Republic of China, should take that stance? Is this just your personal opinion? The mainland is part of the territory of the Republic of China." Weng further inquired about President Lai Ching-te's statement that "the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are not subordinate to each other," questioning if it implied recognition of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Koo responded by affirming that the PRC "is an existing fact, and there is no doubt about it." Weng then retorted, stating, "We don't care how the other countries recognize it by acknowledging the People's Republic of China (PRC). The territorial scope of the PRC includes Taiwan. Being the president of the Republic of China (ROC), such statements of Lai Ching-te diminish Taiwan's status, abandon the ROC's territorial integrity, and provide the PRC a justified reason to 'recover' Taiwan. President Lai is thus seen as a traitor to the Republic of China, hence acknowledging the PRC constitutes a significant harm to the Republic of China."

In July 2024, Weng once again reiterated this viewpoint, stating that the territory of the Republic of China should extend "west to the Pamir Plateau, east to Heilongjiang, north to the Sayan Range, and south to Zengmu Ansha." She further demanded that the Minister of National Defense prepare for a "counteroffensive against the mainland." In response, the Taiwan Statebuilding Party stated, "It seems that Weng has traveled through time from 1949, which clearly shows that the Kuomintang must be eliminated."

After Taiwanese badminton players Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin won the men's doubles gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics against Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang of China, Weng posted to WeChat, that the Lee–Wang victory was the "pride of Chinese people." When asked about her post, Weng elaborated, "We are Chinese... No matter who wins, Team Taiwan or the team from mainland China, it is still the pride of Chinese people. Taiwanese is Chinese. I see nothing wrong in my statement."

On 8 August 2024, in an interview with Wang Qianqiu Weng said that she considers herself Chinese, but clarified that she was a Chinese from the Republic of China and that the People's Republic of China should not have exclusive use of the term "China" .

Personal life Weng's husband is the judge .