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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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Hoover Institution Participates In The Opening Of Taiwan’s First Presidential Library

In January, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives participated in the opening ceremony dedication of Taiwan’s Chiang Ching-kuo Presential Library and co-curated an exhibition that includes excerpts from Chiang’s diaries.

February 01, 2022
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Hoover Institution Acquires The Papers Of Zhou Shilin, Founder Of The Taiwanese Air Force “Thunder Tigers”

Zhou Shilin (Chow Shih-lin), founder of the Taiwanese Air Force “Thunder Tigers” was among the first Nationalist Chinese cadets to be selected and sent to the United States to receive special training in a program developed to revitalize China’s war effort as a deterrent to Japanese aggression.

December 01, 2021
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Hoover Signs Memorandum Of Understanding On Academic Collaboration With The Academia Historica, Taiwan

On September 13, 2021, a memorandum of understanding on academic collaboration was signed between the Hoover Institution Library & Archives and the Academia Historica of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

September 27, 2021
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Hoover Institution Acquires Personal Papers Of Chao Tze-chi, A Prominent Political Leader Who Served Four Presidents Of Taiwan

The Chao papers include more than sixty volumes of personal diaries, ranging from the late 1940s to the early 2010s, photo images of Chao’s political and diplomatic activities, news clippings, and other miscellaneous materials dating back as early as the 1930s.

September 08, 2021
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Student-Curated Online Exhibition, "The Female Image In Chinese Propaganda", Opens For Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Hoover Student Fellow, Sharon Du (Stanford ’22) is an undergraduate junior majoring in international relations curated an online exhibition, “The Female Image in Chinese Propaganda”.  The exhibition features, Chinese propaganda posters and related ephemera held at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

July 12, 2021
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Hoover Acquires the Papers Of Hou Chia-chu, A Renowned Taiwanese Economist

The Hoover Institution Archives has acquired the personal papers of Hou Chia-chu (1928–2007), a renowned economist who is best known for his contributions to the studies of economic theory, economic history, and economic thoughts on premodern and modern China, as well as his participation in policy formulation for Taiwan’s economic development from the 1970s to the late 1990s.

May 21, 2021
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Hoover Acquires Personal Papers Of Wang Zuanxu, A Nationalist Chinese Military Leader From Sichuan Province

Hoover has acquired the personal papers of nationalist Chinese military leader Wang Zuanxu.    

April 07, 2021
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Hoover Acquires Personal Papers Of Wang Jingwei, A Top Leader Of The Chinese Nationalist Party And Prominent Political Figure In Modern China

Hoover has acquired the papers of Wang Jingwei, one of the most controversial and complex political leaders in modern China.

February 17, 2021
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Witnessing the Revolution: The Hoover Archives Acquires More Francis E. Stafford Rare Photos

Hoover has received a collection of materials created by Francis E. Stafford (1884–1938), an American lithographer and photographer who was one of very few Westerners to witness the turmoil of Chinese uprisings in 1911.

January 05, 2021
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