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Hsiao-ting Lin serves as Research Fellow and Curator of the Modern China and Taiwan Collection at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, where he collects materials on China, Taiwan, and related East Asian historical documents. His academic appointments include being a tutorial fellow in modern Chinese history at the University of Oxford and a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies.
His educational background includes a BA in political science from National Taiwan University (1994), an MA in international law and diplomacy from National Chengchi University (1997), and a DPhil in oriental studies from the University of Oxford (2003).
Lin's research spans modern Chinese and Taiwanese political history, with specialized expertise in ethnopolitics and minority issues in greater China, border strategies in modern China, Kuomintang political institutions, and US-Taiwan military relations during the Cold War. His archival work has focused on recovering previously inaccessible materials from Nationalist Chinese officials, military leaders, and political figures that illuminate Taiwan's formation and Cold War dynamics in East Asia.
His publications reveal a consistent focus on how Taiwan emerged as a political entity through complex interactions between Chiang Kai-shek's regime, US policy, and Cold War imperatives. The articles he has produced demonstrate growing attention to intelligence history, secret service operations, and the hidden diplomatic channels that shaped cross-strait relations.
- Kiriyama Distinguished Fellowship (2004)
- Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (2008)
- Kingstone Award for Accidental State (2017)
As curator of the Modern China and Taiwan Collection, Lin has secured numerous significant archival acquisitions including personal papers of key political figures, military leaders, and intelligence officials from the Nationalist Chinese period. His current research focuses on Taiwan's political transformation from the 1950s-2000s and the history of Taiwan's secret intelligence operations.
