Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Wang, Guoxiang, 1935-
- Abstract:
- The Wang Guoxiang 王国乡papers (circa 1930-2023) papers document the career and personal life of Chinese economist, journalist, and professor, Wang Guoxiang (1935-2022). Wang experienced persecution during the Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957 and during the Cultural Revolution in 1966, resulting in imprisonment and labor camp confinement. He later founded the School of Finance of the People's Bank of China. The collection is composed of writings, manuscripts, family letters, and correspondence, including portions of his economic paper and letters written on toilet paper during his incarceration in the 1970s. It also contains video clips from an oral history interview with Wang Guoxiang and digital photographs of Wang's activities and family.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box, 1 USB drive (1.88 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In Chinese
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Wang Guoxiang 王国乡 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection is composed of writings, manuscripts, family letters, and correspondence with friends and colleagues, including portions of his economic paper and letters written on toilet paper during his incarceration in the 1970s. It also contains video clips from an oral history interview with Wang Guoxiang and digital photographs of Wang's activities and family.
- Biographical / historical:
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Wang Guoxiang 王国乡 (1935-2022) was born in 1935 in Nanyang, Henan Province. In 1954, he entered Peking (Beijing) University to study journalism. In 1957, he was labelled a rightist during the nation-wide Anti-Rightist movement and was expelled as a result. In 1958, he was imprisoned in Beijing and was then sent to a labor camp in Tianjin. Upon release, he was sent back to his home province where he performed multiple service labor duties. After the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Wang was purged again. In 1972, he began studying economics, but he was imprisoned later that year for posting a portion of his own essay concerning the economic optimum principle on the Peking University campus. In 1979, he was rectified and assigned to a job at the Statistics Bureau of the Tanghe County Government in Henan Province. Shortly afterward he was slated to serve as a reporter for the Henan branch office of the Xinhua News Agency. In 1982, he began to teach economics and international finance at Zhenzhou University. In 1987, he was summoned to Beijing to assist in the founding of the School of Finance of the People's Bank of China (present-day PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University), where he served as the Head of the Department of International Finance and received the honor of a State Council Allowance. Before he officially retired in 1998, Wang was already highly venerated for economics in China's academic circles. He died in Beijing in February 2022.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2023.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Box 2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.The remainder of 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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Wang Guoxiang 王国乡 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563