Hsiao-ting Lin (; born 1971) is a Taiwanese research fellow at the
Hoover Institution
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who studies
Greater China
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, including
ethnopolitics
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, the
Kuomintang
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, and
Taiwan–United States relations
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during the
Cold War.
Lin was born in Taipei in 1971. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan.
The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...
in 1994 and a master's degree in international law and diplomacy from
National Chengchi University
National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...
in 1997. He holds a DPhil in oriental studies from the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
, which he received in 2003.
The 2017 Kingstone Award for Most Influential Book of the Year in Taiwan was awarded for his book "Accidental State: Chiang Kai-shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan" (Harvard University Press, 2016).
In April 2008, Lin was elected a
.
Books
*Lin, Hsiao-ting. ''Tibet and Nationalist China's Frontier Intrigues and Ethnopolitics, 1928-49''. .Vancouver UBC Press, 2014. ISBN 9780774855280 WorldCat shows 644 copies.
*Lin, Hsiao-ting. ''Modern China's Ethnic Frontiers: A Journey to the West.'' Routledge, 2013. ISBN 9780415855402 WorldCat shows 856 copies
*Lin, Hsiao-ting. ''Accidental State: Chiang Kai-Shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan.'' Harvard University Press, 2016. ISBN 9780674659810 WorldCat shows 760 copies.
orldCat book record
**Also published in Chinese: 意外的國度 : 蔣介石, 美國, 與近代台灣的形塑 = Accidental state : Chiang Kai-shek, the United States, and the making of Taiwan /
Yi wai de guo du : Jiang Jieshi, Meiguo, yu jin dai Taiwan de xing su. by 林孝庭, transl. Zhongxian Huang ISBN 9789869442534
*Lin, Hsiao-ting. ''Tai hai leng zhan jie mi dang an = The cold war between Taiwan and China : the declassified documents. '' 2015
ISBN 989013430
References
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1971 births
Living people
Historians of Taiwan
21st-century Taiwanese historians
Taiwanese political scientists
National Taiwan University alumni
National Chengchi University alumni
Hoover Institution people
Taiwanese expatriates in the United States
Taiwanese expatriates in the United Kingdom
Alumni of the University of Oxford
21st-century male writers
Writers from Taipei
Taiwanese male writers
Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society