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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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Shao Yu-lin’s Diary (1953-1954) on Taiwan Diary Knowledge Bank now released
2017-08-01

Shao Yu-lin (1909-1984), whose pseudonym was Wenbo, was born in Yin Xian, Zhejiang. Shao studied in Japan in his early years. After his graduation from Kyushu Imperial University and the graduate school of Tokyo Imperial University, he went back to Republic of China and had held the position of chief in the Soviet–Japanese Section of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, consul general of R.O.C in Yokohama, director general of Intelligence Division of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Military Affairs Commission’s representative in Korea. After he returned to Taiwan, he served as a national policy advisor to the president, and the chief of Policy Research Institute of Office of the President. In 1957, he was appointed ambassador to Turkey. He went back to Taiwan in 1964 and served as a consultant in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also had been the director of Institute of Japanese Studies in Chinese Culture College.

Shao Yu-lin left 10 volumes of diaries which were written in 1953-1957, 1966, 1971-1975. The content of his diaries has been interpreted and transcribed verbatim. Shao Yu-lin’s Diary would be uploaded to Taiwan Diary Knowledge Bank after Dr. Hsieh Kuo-hsing, the director of Institute of Taiwan History, reviewed the full-text transcription and the interpretation. Now Volume I of Shao’s Diary (1953-1954) is released and it contains 37 pages and about 30,000 words. The following volumes will be scrutinized and open online progressively. We welcome public register an account on Taiwan Diary Knowledge Bank to retrieve the records. Currently, there are 12 personal diaries and 1 organizational journal containing approximately 40,000 pages and 14.3 millions of words.


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