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Title: Jiang Lin 江林 papers
Date (inclusive): approximately 1950-approximately 2009
Collection Number: 2022C4
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Chinese
Physical Description:
59 digital files; .docx, .jpg, .pdf
(.02 Gigabytes)
Abstract: The Jiang Lin papers (circa 1950s-2000s) consist of photographs and writings documenting Jiang's career in the People's Liberation
Army (the People's Republic of China's armed military force) and journalistic work. Includes recollections about the Tiananmen
Square incident of 1989.
Creator:
Jiang, Lin
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Jiang Lin 江林 papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Jiang Lin 江林 was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China in 1953. Jiang joined the People's Liberation Army at the age of
14. Between 1971 and 1982, Jiang served as a military officer at the Fourth Military Medical University (now the Air Force
Medical University) in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. In 1982, Jiang was relocated to Beijing, where she worked at the Political
Department of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department. Between 1986 and 1989, Jiang became a journalist
for the People's Liberation Army Daily. In June 1989, at the height of the student protest movement at Tiananmen Square, Jiang
was present for firsthand reporting and was wounded during the turmoil. Jiang subsequently retired from the PRC military and
engaged in editorial activities for several journals and magazines in Hong Kong.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of digitized color and black-and-white photographs (.jpg files) and writings (.docx and .pdf files)
documenting Jiang's career in the People's Liberation Army, the armed military force of the People's Republic of China. Includes
recollections about the Tiananmen Square incident of 1989.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jie fang jun baoJournalists
China
Reporters and reporting -- China
China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989
China -- Armed Forces
Digital images