James Lin
Historian and author of The Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan (U California Press, 2025), with research focused on Taiwan, development history, and agricultural missions; discussed archival and oral-history research for this book on the podcast.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 57min
James Lin, "The Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan" (U California Press, 2025)
James Lin, historian of Taiwan and development, traces how Taiwan built and exported a “Taiwan model” of agrarian modernization. He explores land reform, scientific farming, and training institutes. He recounts missions to Vietnam and Africa, showing how on-the-ground practices and Cold War diplomacy reshaped the model.
Mar 25, 2026 • 57min
James Lin, "The Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan" (U California Press, 2025)
James Lin, historian and author of The Global Vanguard, explores Taiwan’s agrarian transformation and its export as a “Taiwan model.” He traces South-to-South missions to Vietnam and Africa. He discusses land reform, agricultural science, diplomatic aims, and how development served domestic politics. The conversation highlights archival research and oral histories revealing how technical projects became political.
Mar 25, 2026 • 57min
James Lin, "The Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan" (U California Press, 2025)
James Lin, historian of Taiwan and author of The Global Vanguard, explores how Taiwan crafted and exported a “Taiwan model” of agrarian development. He discusses South-to-South missions, land reform training, the 1959 Vietnam project, African initiatives, and how development served diplomatic and domestic legitimacy. Conversations probe how technical reforms met local limits and Cold War politics reshaped modernization.
