Echopedia
Echopedia is the public knowledge base of the Taiwanese American Historical Society (TAHS / 台美人歷史協會). It documents people, congregations, and organizations that shape Taiwanese American life — with bilingual names, careful verification notes, and links across a living archive.
Taiwanese American Historical Society · 台美人歷史協會
A community-built encyclopedia of memory: people, churches, organizations, and the stories they told.
On a phone: tap the search icon in the header, type a 漢名, English name, or story title, then open the page.
At a glance
| People | ~2,400 person pages — theologians, pastors, musicians, organizers, and community builders |
| Stories | Interviews and historical works — start at Stories |
| Organizations | ~420 churches, cultural centers, and historical bodies |
| Languages | English + Chinese names and romanizations where known |
| Steward | Taiwanese American Historical Society (TAHS) |
How to use this wiki
Start from People, Stories, or Organizations. Follow links between related pages. Treat
verification_status: pendingas living drafts.
Featured people
Dr. Albert S. Lai (賴信雄)
Pastor and theologian; FPCLA co-founder; author of Toward A Community of Hope (1971 / 2025).
Dr. Shoki Coe (黃彰輝)
Theologian and ecumenical leader connecting Taiwanese church history with global discourse.
Dr. Choan-Seng Song (宋泉盛)
Influential theologian in Asian and Taiwanese contextual theology.
Dr. Lien-Hwa Chow (周聯華)
Pastor and scholar with lasting influence on Chinese and Taiwanese Christian life.
Leonard Hsu Jr. (許景鴻)
TAHS president; steward of Echopedia and community memory infrastructure.
Dr. Yunching Yeh Davis (葉芸青)
NTPC 2025/26 主席 (西南區); wrote the NTPC foreword for the 2025 Lai republication.
Featured organizations
Taiwanese American Historical Society
501(c)(3) historical society preserving Taiwanese American records, stories, and public knowledge.
Good Shepherd Taiwanese Presbyterian Church
好牧者臺灣基督長老教會 — Southern California congregation with deep community ties.
Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church
IRVINE台灣基督長老教會 — Orange County Taiwanese Presbyterian community.
Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater LA
大洛杉磯台灣會館基金會 — cultural and community hub for the greater Los Angeles area.
→ Full organizations directory
Featured stories
Interviews and oral history. Full catalog: Stories & historical works.
Transforming Memory Into Storytelling: Cindy Chang
Cindy Chang on turning memory into art, in conversation with Jocelyn Chung.
A Canon of Our Own: Michelle Kuo
Q&A with Michelle Kuo, author of Reading with Patrick, on building a literary canon.
This Is Not My Home
A must-read personal essay on identity, belonging, and home from the diaspora.
Not in Our Name
Understanding the Jewish struggle for Palestine from a Taiwanese American perspective.
Keng-lâm Su-iⁿ: A New Chapter for Tâi-gí
Writing a new chapter for the mother tongue — Tâi-gí, activism, and voice.
Podcasts & Poetry: Cynthia Lin on Shin Yu Pai
TW Diaspora's Cynthia Lin on Shin Yu Pai — language, exile, and verse.
Roots and Leaves
A personal essay on heritage, growth, and the roots that carry us forward.
Recently deepened
Pages with a real body that were reviewed in the last two weeks. Thin TAH stubs are not listed here.
Tyzen Hsiao (蕭泰然)
Composer of 〈台灣翠青〉 and the 1947 Overture; PCT household, SoCal years, labeled source conflicts.
Hsu Ching-chun (許景淳)
Singer whose church ties run through household, choir, 台福, and her father’s offices — not a faith label.
Good Shepherd Taiwanese Presbyterian Church
GSTPC 好牧者 — Monterey Park. Not 牧谷, not 新北, not NTPC the US council.
Explore by theme
| Theme | Start here |
|---|---|
| Historical society & archive work | TAHS · Dr. Albert S. Lai |
| Theology & church leadership | Shoki Coe · C.S. Song · Lien-Hwa Chow |
| Southern California congregations | GSTPC · ITPC |
| Music & diaspora arts | Tyzen Hsiao · Hsu Ching-chun |
| Community infrastructure | Leonard Hsu Jr. · People index · Organizations index |
| Taiwanese American stories | Stories · TaiwaneseAmerican.org |
What Echopedia is (and isn’t)
Is
- A public, linkable encyclopedia of Taiwanese American people, organizations, and historical works (interviews, essays, bibliographic records)
- Bilingual where evidence allows (Chinese names + romanization)
- Conservative about verification — pending pages are labeled as such
- Maintained as part of the Echo / TAHS community systems stack
Isn’t
- A social network or private member directory
- An automated dump of every blog chrome slide, gift-guide, or private message
- A substitute for primary archives, interviews, or academic monographs
Contribute & correct
Community memory is stronger when many hands review it.
- Browse existing pages and note errors (names, roles, chronology).
- Prefer sources you can point to: publications, public records, consented oral history.
- Reach TAHS / Echo maintainers via the community channels that already use Echopedia for onboarding and documentation.
- Respect privacy — do not publish private contact data, keys, or non-consented personal details.
Site map
- People — person records
- Stories — interviews and historical works
- Organizations — churches, societies, and institutions
- Tags — cross-cutting labels (where present)