Taiwan Studies: English Language Resources

Search for journals within the UW Libraries. Request interlibrary loan (ILL) if needed.

Provides economic data collected by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Interface and data are available in Chinese and English. Allows user-generated queries with adjustable parameters.

This National Central Library portal provides downloadable PDF files of a wide variety of central and local government statistical reports and surveys. The interface is available in Chinese and English, but most data is in Chinese only.

Provides two types of data: Urban and Regional Development Statistics; and Population Projections for the R.O.C. (Taiwan): 2020-2070)

Provides a range of economic, demographic, and administrative data collected by the Statistical Bureau of the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) of the Executive Yuan. Interface and data are available in Chinese and English.

Diverse collections of documents and images on historical, cultural, and institutional topics relating to Taiwan's past and present. Available in Chinese and English (click "English" in top right corner).

The Hoover Institution holds Chinese language document collections relating to the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and its officials (1970s-2000s), campaign materials of the Democratic Progressive Party (2000-2008), and English language materials by and about Westerners and foreign entities who engaged with Taiwan around VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day). Click on individual collections to check for online material (most is accessible onsite only). Or under Library and Archives > Collections > Digital, browse thematic collections or enter search words to identify digital materials of interest. Use Advanced Search for more nuanced searching.

This series of books, available for free download, documents (including with actual documents) US foreign relations. Some volumes relate to China (ROC and PRC).
The Office of the Historian site offers books in ePub and Mobi formats.

This series of books, available for free download, documents (including with actual documents) US foreign relations. Some volumes relate to China (ROC and PRC).
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries offers books in PDF format.

The Sino-American (or Chinese-American) Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction promoted rural development first on mainland China and then on Taiwan from 1948 to 1979. It produced various books and reports on its work. The USAID "Development Experience Clearinghouse" website offers several of these for download in PDF form.

Provides browsing and cross-database searching for the following databases: 歌仔冊; 伊能嘉矩手稿; 狄寶賽文庫; 台灣古碑拓片; 淡新檔案; 田代文庫. Click 狄寶賽文庫 for the English language papers of Valery S. de Beausset, who worked in Taiwan from 1950 to 1957 as an engineer and adviser to the J. G. White Corporation, a major supplier of US aid to Taiwan.

A growing selection of primary historical sources in English translation for the study of Taiwan, covering the period from Japanese colonial rule (1895-1945) to the present. Compiled by Wayne Soon and Evan Dawley, with translations by various contributors.

Contains documents relating to the legal status and international relations of Taiwan, as well as commentaries.

This crowd-sourced project collects declassified government documents regarding Taiwan from US and UN archives. Many documents are in English, but browsing menus are in Chinese. Documents are available for online viewing or download. Click on "Treasure" 寶藏庫 to browse or search the collection.

Collects many documents (each in facsimile and transcribed forms) relating to the Cold War in East Asia, including Taiwan's roles in this. Search the entire database using keywords, or browse key collections such as: Asian Peoples’ Anti-Communist League; China at the United Nations; Taiwan Strait Crises; Taiwan’s Cold War in Southeast Asia; and the Overseas Chinese and the Cold War.

A thematically organized bibliography of publications on Taiwan, in western languages and Chinese, prior to 1956. Available as a downloadable PDF.

A list of links to Chinese and English language textual and visual primary sources for the study of Taiwanese history. Appears in the Frog in a Well blog.

Aims to list every book based (in whole or part) on ethnographic research in Taiwan. It is an ongoing project so please check back regularly. Currently the bibliography is limited to English language texts, but that may change later on.

A Taiwanese film database searchable by thematic categories; include information on screening authorization. The interface and data are available in both Chinese and English. Administered by the Taiwan Film Institute, supported by the Ministry of Culture.