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Propagating Political Views to the Public – From New People’s Society to The Taiwan Shinminpo
Propagating Political Views to the Public – From New People’s Society to The Taiwan Shinminpo

Publication date: 29 Oct 2021
Author: Lee Yi-ling, Hsieh Min-ro |Staff member of the Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

Yang Zhao-jia, one of the leading figures of the New Cultural Movement in Taiwan under Japanese rule, once said, “Newspaper and parliament are the two major driving forces for the promotion of civilization and social development.” Hence, the two core missions of the Taiwanese Cultural Association were running a newspaper and petitioning for the establishment of a Taiwanese parliament, which embodied their stand of unarmed resistance against colonial racism and had far-reaching impact on the enlightenment of Taiwan’s national consciousness.
2021 marked the centenary of the founding of the Taiwanese Cultural Association. In commemoration, the Archives organized a feature exhibition on The Taiwan Shinminpo, the only private Taiwanese-run newspaper during the Japanese colonial era. Selected collections of historical materials including personal documents, image data, diaries and passports were displayed and reviewed to illustrate that The Taiwan Shinminpo served to awaken and enlighten the people, boost national morale and propagate their political views to the public. Echoing the founding goal of the Taiwanese Cultural Association, The Taiwan Shinminpo opened a new page for Taiwanese to strive for democracy and freedom with a foothold in Taiwan and eyes looking at the world!

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A scrivener notary with an entrepreneurial mind-set: The Shun Chianghuai Collection is now available via the Taiwan Archival Information System
2013-06-17

The newly released Shun Chianghuai Collection is one of our most interesting documentary collections in recent years.

Shun Chianghuai (1907-2013) lived his life to the fullest. During the period of Japanese rule he was not merely a judicial and administrative scrivener notary, he also actively engaged in business management and public affairs in his local community. In the post-war years he took up a position as a committee member of the Justice Protection Commission and Meditation Committee. After Shun retired he devoted much of his energy to Taiwanese history, working with historians and sharing his life experiences with them.

Shun Chianghuai donated his collection to the Institute in May 2007. This collection contains historical records of escrow, commerce, local events, and details of Shun’s private life. The collection includes an extensive and varied range of materials which offer insight into the Taiwanese legal system, local history (particularly of the Shanhua region), and business and management in the region under Japanese rule and during the post-war years (1922-1978). In October 2008 some distinctive photographs and documents were carefully selected and displayed as part of our special exhibition about Shun Chianghuai.

Shun’s collection provides a rich resource for those studying the private, family, and social history of the Shanhua region. This wealth of information chronicles the development of the legal system and local commerce under different regimes, and throughout this historical period. The entire catalogue has been completed and released via the Taiwan Archival Information System. With a total of 2,390 files, these records are classified into 4 categories: family files, escrow files, commercial management files, and family photos. The photos are available online and the original paper documents are accessible in our reading room. You are welcome to access them online or view the original documents in our archive reading room.


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