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China & Greater Asia Collections

Overview

The rare publications and archival materials assembled by government officials, diplomats, military personnel, businessmen, missionaries, journalists, scholars, and private individuals chronicle social, economic, and political conditions in Asian countries. While maintaining the library and archives’ strength in documenting Asia’s transformations in the late nineteenth to twentieth centuries, our collecting efforts also focus on contemporary affairs. 

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Hsiao-ting Lin

Curator, Modern China & Taiwan Collection / Research Fellow

Hsiao-ting Lin is a research fellow and curator of the Modern China and Taiwan collection at the Hoover Institution, for which he collects material on China and Taiwan, as well as China-related materials in other East Asian countries. He holds a BA in political science ...

ADDITIONAL GUIDES

Most of the items described in these guides are now available at the East Asia Library at Stanford University or Stanford Auxiliary Libraries (SAL 1 & 2). Please check Stanford's online libraries catalog for exact locations.

Berton, Peter, and Eugene Wu. Contemporary China: a Research Guide. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, 1967.

Chan, Ming K. Historiography of the Chinese Labor Movements, 1895–1949: A Critical Survey and Bibliography of Selected Chinese Source Materials at the Hoover Institution. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1981.

I-mu. Unofficial Documents of the Democracy Movement in Communist China, 1978–1981: Chung-kuo Min Chu Yun Tung Tzu Liao: A Checklist of Chinese Materials in the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Stanford, Calif.: East Asian Collection, Hoover Institution, 1986.

Israel, John. The Chinese Student Movement, 1927–1937: A Bibliographical Essay Based on the Resources of the Hoover Institution. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1959.

Kiyohara, Michiko. China Watching by the Japanese: Reports and Investigations from the First Sino-Japanese War to the Unification of China Under the Communist Party: A Checklist of Holdings In the East Asian Collection, Hoover Institution. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1987.

Mote, Frederick W. Japanese-sponsored Governments in China, 1937–1945: An Annotated Bibliography Compiled from Materials in the Chinese Collection of the Hoover Library. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1954.

Nahm, Andrew C. Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1894–1910: A Checklist of Japanese Archives in the Hoover Institution. Stanford University, Calif.: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1959.

Widor, Claude. The Samizdat Press in China's Provinces, 1979–1981: An Annotated Guide. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1987.

Wu, Eugene. Lea​ders of Twentieth-century China: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Biographical Works in the Hoover Library. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1956.

Wu, Tien-wei. The Kiangsi Soviet Republic, 1931–1934: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography of the Chen Cheng Collection. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, 1981.

Xue, Jundu. The Chinese Communist Movement, 1921–1937: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Materials in the Chinese Collection of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Palo Alto: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1960.

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Exhibit of Chiang Ching-kuo diaries on a table with black tablecloth
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Diaries Of Chiang Kai-Shek And Chiang Ching-Kuo Return To Taiwan, Copies Remain At The Hoover Institution Library & Archives

After almost two decades on deposit for scholarly research at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, the handwritten diaries of the Republic of China (Taiwan)’s former president Chiang Kai-shek (1887—1975) and his son and successor Chiang Ching-kuo (1910—1988) returned to Taiwan this week.

September 15, 2023
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Black and white photo of 3 men dressed in military uniforms sitting on the ground having a picnic.
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Hoover Institution Archives Receives Additional Documents On General Pai Ch’ung-Hsi, Antagonist Of Nationalist Chinese Leader Chiang Kai-Shek

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives received additional documents on General Pai Ch’ung-hsi which include archival materials related to Pai’s relationship with Chiang Kai-shek and other Nationalist leaders, memorabilia, speeches, and miscellaneous materials related to General Pai and his family.

August 24, 2023
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Modern China and Taiwan Workshop 2023 speakers stand in front of Hoover Tower and HHMB
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Hoover Institution Hosts The 2023 Annual Summer Workshop On Modern China And Taiwan

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives hosted the 2023 Workshop on Modern China and Taiwan. Workshop participants explored Hoover’s unique archival collections and presented their findings to the Hoover and Stanford research community and a broad audience.  

August 07, 2023
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East River Column guerrilla warfare in Guangdong. Guerrillas crouching in a grassy field.
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Hoover Institution Acquires Valuable Photo Album On The East River Column, An Anti-Japanese Communist Guerrilla Unit During World War II

A photo album acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives as part of the Huang Xinbo 黄新波 papers, documents the column’s guerrilla activities and will provide valuable insights into the history of Hong Kong and China during the Sino-Japanese War (1937–45).

June 07, 2023
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Eric Wakin looking into the cockpit of a plane on display in the American Footprint Museum
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives Reconnects With Taiwan in The Post-Pandemic Era

Hoover Institution Library & Archives Director Eric Wakin and Curator of Modern China and Taiwan Hsiao-ting Lin visited Taiwan at the invitation of a number of institutions and organizations on the island state.

May 15, 2023
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Black and white photograph of Wei Daming (left) and E. S. Belknap (second from right)
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Hoover Archives Acquires The Personal Papers Of Wei Daming (魏大銘), The Founding Father Of Modern China’s Signal Intelligence

April 05, 2023
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Three men in suits. Li Shenzhi (left) and China’s premier Zhao Ziyang (middle)
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Hoover Acquires The Personal Papers Of Li Shenzhi (李慎之), A Prominent Social Scientist, Public Intellectual, And Key Advisor To Top Leaders Of The People’s Republic Of China

February 27, 2023
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Buchman taking a self-portrait with his camera. Digitized black and white photo negative.
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Shanghai to Coyoacán—The Camera Eye of Alexander Buchman

Explore the newly digitized collection of photo negatives taken by Alexander Buchman, which illustrates daily life in 1930s Shanghai and chronicles Leon Trotsky’s life in exile in Coyoacán, Mexico, months before his assassination.

February 09, 2023
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Two men wearing suits shaking hands
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Hoover Archives Acquires New Historical Materials Evidencing Taiwan’s Bumpy Process toward Democratization

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives has acquired the papers of Thomas B. Gold, a retired professor from the University of California–Berkeley reputed for his research into Taiwan.

January 13, 2023
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