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taiwanese

Taiwan Collections

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    A considerable portion of the Taiwan collections are from the Chinese Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), and KMT officials active between the 1970s and 2000s, when democratization and economic development policies were shaped. Also available are campaign materials of the Democratic Progressive Party, in power from 2000 to 2008, and English-language materials by and about Westerners and foreign entities who engaged with Taiwan around VJ Day. 

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    Lei Zhen papers

    Leading figure of the early pro-democracy movement in Taiwan

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    "Taiwan's Tragedy"

    By HSIAO-TING LIN via HOOVER DIGEST

    Chiang Kai-shek Diaries 蔣介石日記

    Chinese military and political leader and former head of state of the Republic of China 

    Zhongguo Guo Min Dang Records 中國國民黨

    Party records of the KMT [Kuomintang]

    Lei Zhen Papers 雷震

    Human rights activist and opponent of Chiang Kai-shek and KMT rule in post-1949 Taiwan

    Wang Sheng Papers 王昇

    Lieutenant general, Republic of China army; director, General Political Warfare Department, 1975–83

    Wang Yue–che Papers 王玉麒

    Colonel, Republic of China army; aide-de-camp to General Oskar Munzel; military adviser to Chiang Kai-shek 

    Tian Chaoming Papers田朝明

    Taiwanese political activist

    Huang Jie Diaries黃杰日記

    Governor of Taiwan, 1962–69, and minister of defense, 1969–72

    George H. Kerr Papers

    US diplomat

    Charles Maynard Cooke Papers

    Admiral, US Navy; unofficial adviser to Chiang Kai-shek, 1950–51

    Paul Vander Meer Papers

    US geographer and author, Farm-plot dispersal, Lu-liao Village, Taiwan

    Shen Keqin Papers沈克勤

    Writer and diplomat

    Chen Lifu Typescript: The Storm Clouds Clear Over China陳立夫

    Secretary to Chiang Kai-shek, 1926–49

    Taiwanese Pictorial Collection

    Photographs and postcards of Taiwan, 1868­–1949

    Joint Commission On Rural Reconstruction Miscellaneous Records

    US-Taiwan development agency, 1964–72

    Taiwanese Subject Collection

    Miscellaneous materials

    Hsiao-ting Lin Hoover Headshot

    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 ...

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    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.

    Duignan, Peter, ed. The Library of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1985.

    Palm, Charles, and Dale Reed. Guide to the Hoover Institution Archives. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1980.

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    Legislative Delegation from Taiwan Visits Hoover

    A bipartisan Taiwanese legislative delegation visited Hoover on Friday, July 12, 2013, as part of a diplomatic tour of the United States. The delegation included legislators Lin Yu-fang, Chen Tan-sun, Chan Kai-chin, and Wang Yu-min and officials from Taiwan’s foreign and defense ministries. Accompanied by Bruce Fuh, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco, the delegation met and exchanged views on US-Taiwan relations with Hoover fellows.

    July 15, 2013
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    Taiwanese foreign minister Lin visits Hoover

    Yung-le Lin, Taiwanese foreign minister, and Bruce J.D. Linghu, director of the Department of North American Affairs for the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry, visited the Hoover Institution on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, as part of their daylong visit to the San Francisco Bay area. Minister Lin, who has served in the ministry for more than three decades, has represented Taiwan in missions all over the world.

    March 06, 2013
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    Hoover Opens Papers of Kuomintang Leader

    The Hoover Institution Library and Archives recently acquired the personal papers of Wang Sheng (1917–2006), best known for his relationship with Chiang Ching-kuo, the son of Chiang Kai-shek and president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) between 1978 and 1988.

    November 19, 2012
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    Hoover Acquires Papers of Taiwanese Independent Movement Leader

    The Hoover Institution Library and Archives have recently acquired the personal papers of Tian Chaoming (1918–2010), a Japanese-educated physician well known for his efforts in promoting Taiwan’s democracy, human rights, and political independence. Among the materials Hoover has acquired are Tian’s manuscripts, his correspondence with political prisoners, and more than three hundred photos documenting anti-KMT political movements in the 1980s and the 1990s.

    July 31, 2012
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    Taiwanese vice foreign minister Lyushun Shen visits Hoover

    Taiwanese vice foreign minister Lyushun Shen visited the Hoover Institution on April 15, 2011, accompanied by Mr. Jack Chiang, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in San Francisco, and Ms. Li-fang Huang, a director at TECO. Hsiao-Ting Lin, research fellow and curator of the East Asian Collection at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, gave the visitors a tour of the new exhibit A Century of Change: China 1911–2011.

    April 20, 2011
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    Shen Keqin Papers Available at Hoover Archives

    The papers of Shen Keqin (1921– ), former Republic of China representative to Thailand (1975–89) and director of the Executive Yuan (1989–90), are now available for research at the Hoover Institution Archives.

    June 26, 2008
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    Lei Zhen Papers Acquired by Hoover Archives

    The personal papers of Lei Zhen (1897–1979), human rights activist, liberal thinker, and vigorous political opponent of Chiang Kai-shek and Kuomintang rule in post-1949 Taiwan, were recently acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives.

    October 25, 2007
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    Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Timothy Yang Visits the Hoover Institution

    In his visit to the Hoover Institution, Timothy Chin-tien Yang, minister of foreign affairs for the Republic of China (Taiwan), met with John Raisian, the Institution’s Tad and Dianne Taube Director, and toured the Hoover Institution Library and Archives.

    December 04, 2009
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    President Ma of Taiwan meets with Richard Sousa, director of the library and archives at the Hoover Institution

    The president of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, met with Richard Sousa, director of the library and archives at the Hoover Institution, at the presidential palace in Taiwan.

    June 09, 2009
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