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Dr. Albert S. Lai (賴信雄)

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Dr. Albert S. Lai (賴信雄)

Dr. Albert S. Lai (賴信雄, Lai Sin-hiong) is a Taiwanese American pastor, theologian, and institution-builder who helped establish the first Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in North America and authored the landmark 1971 dissertation |Toward A Community of Hope — A Mission to Formosan Community in Los Angeles, reprinted in 2025 with a 50th anniversary foreword.

Identity Snapshot

  • Full name: Albert S. Lai (賴信雄, Lai Sin-hiong)
  • Era: 1960s–2020s (active 1960s–1970s; 2025 republication at age 84+)
  • Geography: Taiwan → San Francisco → Los Angeles, California
  • Education: San Francisco Theological Seminary (doctoral dissertation); Taiwan Theological College and Seminary (TTCS)
  • Core roles: Pastor, theologian, seminary educator, FPCLA founding member, dissertation author

Audit additions (2026-10-22, web audit + Grok reconciliation)

  • Born 1941, into a pastor’s family; childhood at 北港教會 while father |賴炳烔 pastored there — independently corroborated by the 賴永祥庫 family archive (1944-04-09 installation photo names 長男賴信雄, b.1941; siblings 賴惠華 1943, 賴美玲 1945, 賴信行 1947; wife Jane Hatsuko Ueno 上野初子, third-generation Japanese-American, Hawaii — per 賴炳烔 family record).

  • High school: author’s own publisher-manuscript bio (AMT 00_author_bio.md) reads 「高中就讀長榮中學、萊園中學」 — corroborated by a second source: 蔡榮芳 〈憶往事〉 (2026-06-02) records Albert’s own letter naming 黃彰輝 and 林攀龍（萊園高級中學校長） as the two 「偉大老師」 of his life. Albert’s 2026-10-24 answer dates the years (長榮 1956–58, 萊園 1958–59) — author-attested; the 教導主任 memory is now author-direct, still pending a roster/document.

  • Degree: D.Min. (牧範學博士/教牧學博士). The ISBN.tw blurb’s 「全世界首批獲頒牧範學博士的論文之一」 is publisher puffery — do not repeat the superlative in derived text.

  • 2025 launch: book launched 2025-09-28 at Good Shepherd TPC, Monterey Park (TCNN 2025-09-29, archives/253818); Rev. Mingyuan Hsu’s discovery visit dated 2022 by TCNN, matching the vault account. Irvine TPC senior class hosts a follow-on author talk with Rev. Hsu.

  • Classmate-cohort corroboration (蔡榮芳 essay, 2026-10-23): 蔡榮芳 met Albert at a LA Taiwanese social gathering 1969 or 1970 beside his sister 賴美玲; Albert was then an SFTS graduate student writing a dissertation touching Taiwan’s international-status question, and borrowed from 蔡榮芳 Lung-chu Chen & Harold Lasswell, Formosa, China and the United Nations (1967). 蔡榮芳 first heard Karl Barth from Albert, who also referenced the “Age of Three B’s” (Barth/Brunner/Bultmann, or incl. Buber — 蔡’s later gloss). Contact lost 1973; reconnected 2023 via 蔡’s 黃彰輝 book. 蔡’s essay dates the 「消失五十年」 as 1972–2022.

  • China work, named institution (戴正德 essay, attributed): Albert founded SIAS College in 河南, “用美國式的教育奉獻於宣教”; persuaded the local government to build a church within ~100 m of campus, which grew over 20+ years to a 7-story building with dozens of classrooms and ~40 full-time staff. Single-source (戴正德’s recommendation), pending corroboration — cross-check against Albert’s own 失蹤了的五十年 account before promoting.

Classmate-cohort — author-attested (Albert, LINE 2026-10-24 04:39; single source, not independently confirmed)

Full text archived: knowledge/interactions/line/2026-10-24.jsonl (message_id 637552141586399982). Albert’s own words: 「我就讀長榮中學是1956-1958。我就讀萊園中學是1958-1959。我當然記得許贊育教導主任，他和我爸爸當年是台南神學院前後期的同學，兩個人是好朋友。我到萊園中學就讀是許贊育老師向我爸爸建議的。因為他們兩位好朋友的關係，我跟Leonard Sr.（許丕龍）中學時候就是好朋友。」

  • Fathers’ bond: 賴炳烔 ↔ 許贊育, 南神 前後期同學, 好朋友 — author-attested; cross-check against 賴炳烔’s TTCS 1932–36 (this page’s Education) and 許贊育’s 1931–35: “前後期” may be loose or one matriculation date needs revision. NEED YOU: TTCS alumni records.
  • Albert’s 萊園 enrollment was on 許贊育’s recommendation to his father — the 教導主任 memory is direct, not hearsay.
  • Albert ↔ 許丕龍 friends from 中學, via the fathers’ friendship — unlocated: Albert named no school for 許丕龍. Albert: 長榮 1956–58 / 萊園 1958–59; 許丕龍’s secondary-school years are NOT in the vault (his page carries only Era: 1939 + 中原理工). NEED YOU (single question): 「許丕龍 1956–1959 在哪一所中學？」 Until answered, this line stays author-attested/unlocated, not confirmed.
  • Q2 fieldwork: rosters/minutes were Albert’s own collection; budget came from the new church’s 管理委員會 via reps 高光民醫師 + 李宗派博士 to 太平洋中會’s advisor Ms. Helder (per 南加州/夏威夷大會總幹事); final figures negotiated with SFTS + UPCUSA 城市宣教與教會新會眾發展部. 原始材料未保存 — the dissertation is the record; obtain the cited essay 「當年論文背後的故事」.
  • Q3 erratum (author-ordered): the 1970-08-09 experiment was 「台友教會 Taiyou Church — Church of Taiwan Friends」, named by 張瑞雄 (Rev. Jonah Chang) himself; 「太陽教練會」 in the translation is wrong — 「請你把它改正過來」. Check published 2025 ZH text + our pages (FPCLA, dissertation source) and issue reprint erratum. First 台語 sermon 「祝福之地」 survives only as a title.
  • Q4 Jane recovered: introduced by a friend; U. Hawaiʻi grad; legal secretary in CA; few in the church knew her pre-wedding; married July 1972 at FPCLA — the first wedding after the church moved into its parsonage; the decision to marry came around his May 1972 graduation, by which time he had stopped serving at the church; absent from 失蹤的50年 because she funded the family from her law job during his startup, then ran 美台亞洲語文翻譯公司 (Maytai Company — Translation & Typesetting) until closing it at Covid-19 and retiring.
  • Q5 China chapter documented: 1986 Shanghai publication 「美國工商年鑑」 (The Official American Business and Industry Guide); Nixon open letter to Chinese readers (1985-12-30, 26 Federal Plaza) + Gen. Alexander Haig congratulation letter, each with a personal photo — all kept in his study, photographed for us below. First 中外記者招待會 in Shanghai (coverage now lost — restate any “CCTV first” claim accordingly). SAFEA-commissioned training, ~12 years, 7–8,000 senior officials in LA and major US cities; materials preserved with a friend in Beijing.

Author-supplied photos (2026-10-24, unverified — labeled per standing rule)

📷 以下照片由作者本人 2026-10-24 經 LINE 提供，Echo 未經獨立查證——若您認得圖中人物或文件，歡迎回報修正。

尼克森 1985-12-30 致《美國工商年鑑》讀者公開信（框裝；日期與地址為照片可讀內容，作者未另提供） 黑格將軍辦公室祝賀信（框裝；作者註 2026-10-24：「這封信是用他個人的信箋打字簽名，上面沒有看到他落款的日期」；待清晰重拍為我方待辦） 尼克森總統黑白肖像（框裝；作者註 2026-10-24：僅簽名 Richard Nixon，墨水已褪色） 框裝肖像照，灰格西裝長者，下方有手寫題字（人物與題字待作者確認；黑格照片題字為 「To Jane and Albert Lai, With Very Best Wishes. Alexander Haig (Signed)」 — 若此張即黑格題照，請作者指明）

Archive + sidecars (source_url/sha256/message_id): knowledge/interactions/photos/albert-lai-20261024/

Classmate-cohort hypothesis (Leonard, 2026-10-22 — superseded by confirmation above)

Albert (b.1941) and |許丕龍 (b.1939, family-attested; TAH table carries no DOB) are a two-year cohort, not necessarily same-grade classmates (G below = Albert’s and F’s grandfather C.Y. Hsu, whose TTCS best-friendship with Albert’s father |賴炳烔 is author-attested). Overlap candidates, in order of likelihood:

  1. TTCS 1958–1959 — F graduating (afterword: 1959), Albert arriving (publisher bio: 1958; afterword: 1959 — Albert’s own documents conflict; ask him).
  2. 長榮/萊園 ~1955–1958 — if Albert’s 萊園 years overlap F’s, Albert sat in G’s class as 教導主任 while F was G’s student.
  3. LA 1970s — Albert’s 1972 FPCLA parsonage wedding coincides with F’s LA community-building (TACL prep, 感恩節音樂會, 協志社 with G as mentor). If (1) or (2) confirms, Albert holds living memory of G as teacher, F as 學長, and uncles |許登龍/許左龍 from the 北港/church circle — richer than the family’s own record. NEED YOU: phone verification of school years.

Historical Context

Dr. Lai’s life and work sit at the intersection of migration-era pastoral care and institution formation. In 1970, he participated in the founding of the |Formosan Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles (FPCLA), the first Taiwanese church in North America. In 1971, he produced a doctoral dissertation that connected historical memory, migration pressure, identity tension, and communal mission. His work remains a foundational reference for Taiwanese American church history.

FPCLA Founding (1970)

Dr. Lai was among the enthusiastic believers who co-founded |FPCLA under the theology and system of the United Presbyterian Church (UPCUSA, now PC(USA)). The founding involved:

  • Co-founders: |Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Kao (高光民), |Dr. & Mrs. C. C. Chen (陳昭俊), Mr. & Mrs. Norman Hsu (許彬), Dr. & Mrs. Isiah Lee (李宗派), Dr. & Mrs. Joseph T. C. Lu (盧俊哲), Mr. & Mrs. Morris Chen (陳茂雄), Mr. & Mrs. George Chen (陳進琛), Dr. & Mrs. Sze-Ya Yeh (葉思雅), Mr. & Mrs. Wang Chun Hsiung (王春雄), Dr. & Mrs. Jang Yan Wu (吳政彥), Dr. Wen-Cho Yang (楊哲), Dr. & Mrs. Justin Chen (陳有義), Meiling Lai (賴美玲), Michael Chen (陳明章), and others
  • Supporting pastors and elders: From the UPCUSA system including San Francisco Theological Seminary, the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church, the Southern California/Hawaii Presbytery, and the Pacific Presbytery
  • Organizing Pastor: Chaolong Kao (高昭龍) — former TTCS faculty / Harvard Visiting Scholar; called by Presbytery of Los Angeles Southwest (Sep 1971). Distinct from co-founder Daniel Kao.
  • Predecessor experiment: “Taiyou Church” (台友教會 — author-corrected 2026-10-24; 「太陽教會」 was an English-back-translation mistranslation) and the Aug 1970 experimental worship led by |Rev. Jonah Chang (張瑞雄)

Dissertation: Toward A Community of Hope (1971)

Primary work page: |Toward A Community of Hope (work & sources)
Full text (GitHub archive): complete extract · fact sheet

Dr. Lai’s doctoral dissertation at San Francisco Theological Seminary was titled Toward A Community of Hope — A Mission to Formosan Community in Los Angeles. It was:

  • Theological and prophetic: Called the church to transcend being merely a haven for immigrants and become a missional community, a beacon of hope and witness to the gospel in the larger society
  • Six chapters: Formosan in Formosa Yesterday; Formosan in Formosa Today; Formosan in The United States; Formosan Christian Church in Los Angeles; Integration, Independence and Identity of Formosan Community; Toward a Community
  • Vision: The church as a “hopeful community” — not a safe retreat for insiders, but a dynamic body for the hope of the world, choosing love in adversity, service in marginality, and witness in brokenness
  • Significance: The first Taiwanese church in North America; FPCLA did not exist merely to bridge linguistic or cultural gaps but sought to become a “mission base” in the local community

See also the |FPCLA page for Chapter IV founding timeline, budget, membership, and activities.

Audiobook Production

EN SKU A of Toward A Community of Hope (1971 Preface + Ch I–VI) has been produced as AI-scratch audiobook for Echopedia review. See |full multi-track hub, |Chapter I detail, and |Taiwanese female pilot (separate experiment).

ZH SKU B (publisher Traditional Chinese manuscript, HsiaoChen): |華語最終審聽 hub（Ch.I–VI + 結論）.

50th Anniversary Republication (2025)

In 2025, the dissertation was reprinted with a 50th anniversary foreword by |Dr. Yunching Yeh Davis (NTPC Moderator), along with forewords from the PCT (|Rev. En Sheng Pan), |NTPC Historical Committee (|Rev. Ching Fang Chen), |Rev. Mingyuan Hsu (Good Shepherd TPC), and |Rev. Pinghsi Liu (Tainan East Gate Barclay Memorial Church). The republication was published by Taiwan Church Press and the Incorporated Association of Tainan East Gate Barclay History Education Promotion.

Self-Preface (May 2025)

In his Self-Preface, Dr. Lai reflected:

“When my esteemed Rev. Mingyuan Hsu of the Los Angeles Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Taiwan informed me that Rev. Pinghsi Liu and his team from the Tainan East Gate Barclay Memorial Church were interested in my dissertation and wanted to translate it into Chinese for publication, I was filled with gratitude.”

He noted that existing writings about Taiwanese churches in North America all start from the 1980s, while his dissertation reflects the lives of Taiwanese and Taiwanese Christians in Southern California from the 1960s to the early 1970s — a period when Taiwan was under the Kuomintang’s White Terror, and thousands of Taiwanese students came to the US each year.

Recall the Story Behind the Dissertation

In his extended postscript written over 50 years later, Dr. Lai narrated the remarkable story of how his 1971 dissertation was rediscovered, translated, and published — a journey he could never have imagined while writing it.

Rediscovery and Publication

When the dissertation was presented to readers in 2025, Dr. Lai noted that the intended audience at the time was only about 10 people: his two thesis advisors, one project field consultant, and the seminary faculty thesis review committee. In the information-scarce 1960s, these professors had very limited understanding of Taiwan and had never heard of the Taiwanese people’s desire to “rise up” or the persecution faced by the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan.

The dissertation, presented in Chinese to Taiwanese on the island and in America more than 50 years later, was something Dr. Lai could never have imagined. It was Rev. Mingyuan Hsu of the Los Angeles Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Taiwan who first approached Dr. Lai, informing him that Rev. Pinghsi Liu and his team from the Tainan East Gate Barclay Memorial Church were interested in the dissertation and wanted to translate it into Chinese for publication. Dr. Lai was filled with gratitude.

The publication journey spanned from 2023 to 2025, culminating in the 50th anniversary republication by Taiwan Church Press and the Incorporated Association of Tainan East Gate Barclay History Education Promotion, with forewords from Dr. Yunching Yeh Davis (NTPC Moderator), the PCT, NTPC Historical Committee, Rev. Mingyuan Hsu, and Rev. Pinghsi Liu.

Historical Context of the Writing

Dr. Lai emphasized that the dissertation was written during one of the most tumultuous periods in modern history. As a student at San Francisco Theological Seminary from 1968 to 1972, he was immersed in the American cultural revolution — the women’s rights movement, civil rights movement, anti-Vietnam War movement, counterculture movement, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, and the moon landing. Theology students at the time were exposed to “Feminist Theology,” “Black Theology,” “Theology of the Death of God,” “Theology of Liberation,” and “Theology of Hope.”

Simultaneously, dramatic events unfolded related to Taiwan: the expulsion of the Republic of China from the United Nations, and the April 24, 1970, incident when Peter Huang (黃文雄), a Cornell doctoral candidate, shot at Chingkuo Chiang (蔣經國) at the New York Plaza Hotel. In 1971, the ROC was expelled from the UN, and Taiwan became a “global orphan.” Nixon’s official visit to China in February 1972 further worsened Taiwan’s political situation. Dr. Lai graduated from SFTS in May 1972, during this period of profound disorientation.

Chapter VI: Toward a Community of Hope

Chapter VI of Dr. Lai’s dissertation developed the theological framework that gave the project its name. The chapter explored hope not as passive waiting but as active, shared venture — and the church as the community where hope is generated and sustained.

Hope Is Possibility

Dr. Lai defined hope as the recognition that what one hopes for is not yet possessed but is possible. He drew on Gabriel Marcel’s distinction between “hope” (the noun) and “hoping” (the verb), arguing that hoping is a psychic activity that occurs only when a person feels “caught” by the human condition — in captivity. Only when everything does not go perfectly well can hoping enter the picture.

He noted the increase in despair and “un-hope” among Formosan people in the United States, especially after Nixon’s shift on China policy. The word “hopeless” was often used by Formosans to stand for “helplessness” on one hand and “fearfulness” on the other — an inability to visualize a future in which personal identity and national independence were possible.

Hope Is Adventure

Citing Gabriel Marcel’s Homo Viator, Dr. Lai argued that hoping is a process — a psychic activity of the person, not just an idea. He quoted Roy W. Fairchild: “Hope allows one to live in uncertainty. Hope cannot predict that such and such will happen, nor claim that such and such must happen. But because the hoping person sees reality as open-ended and not fixed, he assumes that reality has resources which are as yet undiscovered and untapped. This is his risk and his adventure.”

Hope Is Sharing

A central thesis of Chapter VI was that hope is fundamentally a sharing experience. Dr. Lai wrote: “Often hope is considered an interior strength, some believe one possesses alone. But can one hope as a lone individual? … Hope is basically a sharing experience. It requires a responsive other if one is to discover real hope.”

He cited Marcel’s insight that true hoping requires an interpersonal context, and isolation leads to hopelessness and disintegration. “For human beings, mutual help is part of the nature of hope; hope is the anticipation of helpful relationship. Hope grows in a network of human caring. Theologically speaking, hope is the Holy Spirit in the Christian Church. Without the experience of the Spirit, there is no distinctly Christian understanding of hope.”

The Church as Community of Hope

Dr. Lai’s ecclesiology placed the church squarely as a “community of hope” — not a Community of the Past, not merely a Community of the Now, and not even a Community of the Future. “For hope is historical,” he wrote. “Michael Novak is right when he says, ‘To be a Christian is to be a member of historical people.’ So accordingly, hope is not to be mistaken for a futurism that flees from the burden and the joys of the present. It is not an escapist trick; it is not creating a new ‘God of the gaps’ so that we merely slip into the future the problems we cannot solve in the present. If anything, it calls us to the front line of world history as the missionary people of God.”

He drew on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s vision of Christian life as participation in the suffering of God in the life of the world, and on Robert Lee’s conclusion that “the Christian is armed with hope and confidence, born of realism and the realization that we are temporary and fallen residents of this earth.”

Dr. Lai also drew a powerful parallel between the Formosan experience and the Israelite Exodus: “Like the Israelites of old, they search for the meaning of life. Probably this is why among Formosans, according to percentage, there are more Christians committed to the Formosan Independence Movement than non-Christians — since the phenomenon of the Formosan Independence Movement logically is a Hope Movement.”

The “Out” of Hope

Dr. Lai explored the radical implication of ekklesia — the “called-out” nature of the Christian community. To follow Christ is to venture “out of tradition, out of ‘consensus of opinion,’ out of any comfortable settling down in the shelter of the anonymous mass.” He warned against the common error of mistaking the symbol for reality — “one only looks at the finger which points out the way and then prefers to suck it comfortably, instead of following the direction it indicates.”

Conclusion: Lessons from History

Dr. Lai’s conclusion synthesized the dissertation’s critical findings across multiple dimensions:

Formosan Nationalism and Hope

Dr. Lai observed that historically, Formosans had been struggling for self-determination and national independence for almost thirty years without success. “The future of Formosan independence lies mainly in the hand of the majority itself. The real test of nationalism is a people’s willingness to fight for it. In other words, when a person is independent, a nation is independent. Realistic and dynamic hope is the key to the problems of independence, personal and national as well.”

Ethnic Church Mission

He argued that new immigrants from Formosa should not be treated as regular immigrants but as people with particular problems requiring specific pastoral care. “The goal of a church is to carry out Christian mission, not to self-support. This is especially true to a new ethnic church. Ministry concerns primarily people (person) not head-counting or real estates. The church is where a group of people can touch one another’s heart and feel they are one in the Holy Spirit.”

Experience Over Theory

Dr. Lai emphasized attending to actual experience over abstract theory: “In principle, it seems good to attend more closely to our actual experience than to theories, formulas or doctrine which purports to articulate and to direct that experience. For experience is in principle richer, more complex, and more full of compass.”

The Biblical Hope Movement

A striking conclusion was his observation that “according to percentage there are much more Christians than non-Christians involved in the Formosan Hope Movement — Formosan Independence Movement.” He concluded that this phenomenon stemmed from a Biblical Hope Movement, with Formosan activists identifying contemporary history with the Israelite Exodus and identifying themselves with Abraham, Moses, Joshua, and Jesus.

Hope vs. Hopelessness

Dr. Lai articulated a crucial distinction: “It is when we mix hope with what is hopeless that we become filled with hopelessness. It is the recognition that some ways are hopeless that open up for us the way to find hope. The important thing is not to think that all things can be hoped for but to keep the hopeless out of hope, to separate the impossible from the possible.”

He quoted Paul Freire: “This climate of hope is born at the exact moment when a given society begins to turn upon itself and finds out that it is not finished, that there is an infinite number of tasks to be accomplished. The hopelessness and pessimism which existed before about its present and future, as well as the naïve optimism, give place to a critical optimism, to hope.”

The Missing 50 Years: Dr. Lai’s Personal Journey

The “Missing 50 Years” section traces Dr. Lai’s extraordinary life after completing his doctorate in May 1972 — a period during which he largely disappeared from public Taiwanese church circles.

Graduation and Disappearance

Dr. Lai completed his doctoral degree in May 1972. Pastor Chaolong Kao specially flew to San Francisco Theological Seminary to attend the graduation ceremony. In July 1972, Dr. Lai’s fiancée, Jane Hatsuko Ueno (a third-generation Japanese-American from Hawaii), and he held their wedding ceremony at FPCLA, officiated by Pastor Kao — the first wedding held after the establishment of the Los Angeles Presbyterian Church.

After that, Dr. Lai disappeared from the Taiwanese church community. He explained that theological education taught him that after a pastor hands over pastoral work to a successor, it is best not to continue attending that church, as it increases pressure on the successor. He also cited his dream of Taiwanese independence and missionary work in China — matters with “untold difficulties” during the turbulent political era.

From “Theology of Hope” to “Theology of Revolution”

The period from 1970 to 1972 was described as “the most tumultuous and terrifying time for Taiwan.” In 1970, the April 24 incident saw Peter Huang shoot at Chingkuo Chiang. In 1971, Taiwan was expelled from the UN. Nixon’s visit to China in February 1972 further worsened Taiwan’s situation.

Inspired by Nixon’s engagement with the CCP, Dr Lai believed the Taiwanese people must study the CCP to learn how to overthrow the KMT. He discovered that Mao Zedong had written articles in 1928 and 1936 supporting Taiwanese independence, and had broadcast support for Taiwanese independence from Yan’an after the February 28 Incident.

Trade with China: “Little Asia Imports”

Dr. Lai established an import company called “Little Asia Imports” (LAImports), borrowing nearly HK$20,000 from friends and family plus his own savings, to procure Chinese handicrafts for wholesale in Los Angeles. He planned to use trade as a means to establish connections with the CCP. The first year ran smoothly, but the Red Guards’ rebellion in China during the Cultural Revolution made international trade nearly impossible, and his “China Dream” ended abruptly.

Taiwan Independent Revolution Army (T.I.R.A.)

While managing his trade business, Dr. Lai joined the “Taiwan Independent Revolution Army” (T.I.R.A.), a secret underground organization founded by Su Beng (史明). He practiced shooting at a range near Highway 60 and Rosemead Boulevard every Saturday, and learned about explosives and demolition. He opened a bank account for T.I.R.A. by placing a three-day DBA advertisement in the classified section of the Los Angeles Times.

The effort came to a standstill when his comrade Kenneth Wang graduated and returned to Brazil, leaving Dr. Lai as the only person in T.I.R.A. About a year and a half later, an FBI agent visited him, having obtained his information from the bank. The agent warned him that armed revolutionary activities are not allowed in the U.S. and fall under the category of terrorist violence.

Maytai Companies and Chinese Community Yellow Pages

During the 1970s wave of Taiwanese refugees fleeing to the U.S., Dr. Lai shifted his focus. With his friend Jihsiung Chen (陳吉雄), a pioneer in international color printing in Taiwan, he founded “Maytai Companies” — the first advertising company, Chinese-language translation company, Chinese color printing factory, and Chinese photographic studio for Taiwanese people in Los Angeles.

By 1980, they established the “Chinese Community Yellow Pages” phone directory, which grew from fewer than 200 pages and 3,000 copies in its first year to nearly 3,000 pages and 100,000 copies within a few years. They later published city versions covering the top ten U.S. cities with large Chinese populations, receiving awards from the Yellow Page Publishers Association, including the Annual Achievement Gold Award.

American Business & Industry and the Nixon Connection

The company’s 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Guide Book attracted the attention of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1986, the company published “American Business & Industry” in Shanghai with the Shanghai Publishing Bureau. The press conference at the Jinjiang Hotel was attended by U.S. Consul General in Shanghai and then-Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee Zemin Jiang (江澤民). This was reported on CCTV Evening News — the first time in history that a new book’s publication was reported in a national evening news broadcast in China.

The book featured a “Letter to the People of China” signed by former U.S. President Nixon, which made it a reference for Chinese officials during the reform and opening-up period. This led to ASM becoming the officially designated U.S. training program partner of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), training over 6,000 Chinese government officials and corporate executives from 1988 to 2000.

The 1996 Missile Crisis and Realization About the CCP

By 1996, when Taiwan held its first direct presidential election, the CCP’s reaction — including missile tests over Taiwan — surprised Dr. Lai. He learned that all personnel in the PLA missile unit were very nervous, worried the missiles might fall back onto Taiwan.

After the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, Dr. Lai finally realized: “In the long run, the CCP is more brutal and terrifying than the KMT for the Taiwanese people.” He gradually recognized that China did not have what he wanted — the secret to overthrowing the KMT. The CCP was not as powerful as it seemed; it was primarily the internal corruption within the KMT that pushed it to the brink.

SIAS College and “Fisherman’s Hall”

Dr. Lai shifted from government training to education, assisting his friend Chen in founding SIAS College (西亞斯學院) in Zhengzhou, Henan. He spent years commuting between Beijing and Zhengzhou, helping develop foreign resources, international student programs, and student clubs (which expanded from fewer than 20 to nearly 200 types).

He also played a key role in establishing “Fisherman’s Hall Christian Church” near SIAS College to serve the 150-180 foreign teachers hired annually. Over twenty years, the church grew from a small chapel serving foreign teachers into a magnificent seven-story building with 40 clergy and staff — far beyond his expectations.

Letting Go: COVID and the End of an Era

In mid-December 2019, Dr. Lai returned to Los Angeles from Beijing and did not return. COVID-19 led to flight suspensions lasting two to three years. During this time, he reassessed the changes in both the U.S. and China, including tightening control over universities and intensifying surveillance of Taiwanese people in China. He officially informed SIAS that he would not be going back.

By 2025, the number of foreign teachers at SIAS had dropped from 150-200 to fewer than 40-50. The party committee at SIAS had expanded from four stationed personnel to 102 party branches covering faculty and students. The U.S.-China relationship had shifted from “quasi-allies” fifty years ago to “quasi-enemies” today.

Sixty Years in America

As Dr. Lai approached completing sixty years in America, he reflected on what he called a “pendulum effect” — sixty years ago, San Francisco was in the midst of a leftist cultural revolution; in 2025, under Trump 2.0, the “MAGA wave” seemed to be resurfacing. He noted that as a passionate youth, he may not have been “far left,” but was not far from being “New Left” — the most popular phrase being “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” Now in his eighties, he found himself supporting MAGA, leaning toward the center-right.

“After careful reflection and humble introspection through prayer, I realize that this dream has not been the one I initially had. I ultimately recognize that in my life, there has always been a dream, and this dream has been realized, but it is not the same dream I started with. God’s arrangements are truly marvelous!”

Postscript: Echoes of History

The Postscript positions Dr. Lai’s dissertation as a prophetic document whose insights remain relevant fifty years later. The issues discussed — Taiwanese identity, political dilemmas, and the pursuit of hope — continue to resonate in contemporary Taiwanese society.

Echoes of History: The Shaping of Taiwanese Identity

The Postscript emphasizes that the dissertation laid the foundation for understanding the unique and complex identity of the Taiwanese people. Through colonial rule by the Dutch, Spanish, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the Japanese government, Taiwan’s history has always been closely linked to foreign influence. Japanese colonial rule (1895–1945) inadvertently contributed to “National Unity” among the Taiwanese people by severing connections with mainland China and improving living standards.

The 228 Incident (1947), estimated to have caused 15,000 to 25,000 deaths, “completely destroyed the Taiwanese people’s illusions about their ‘motherland’ and became a distant cause of the Taiwanese independence movement.” The subsequent martial law and systematic oppression, while consolidating KMT rule, inadvertently strengthened the shared identity of the Taiwanese people and drove many young individuals abroad.

From Exile to Democracy: The “Quiet Revolution”

The Postscript traces Taiwan’s democratization from the 1970s to the present: the Kaohsiung Incident (1979), the establishment of the Democratic Progressive Party (1986), the lifting of martial law (1987), the Wild Lily Movement (1990), the first direct presidential election (1996), and the completion of three transfers of power.

The “Quiet Revolution” nature of Taiwan’s democratization lies in its avoidance of large-scale bloodshed — a lesson drawn from the bloody experiences of the 228 Incident and the Kaohsiung Incident. In the eyes of believers, this peaceful transformation is a manifestation of “God’s grace.”

In 2021, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Taiwan eighth in its democracy index, the highest among countries outside the Western world.

A Community of Hope: Christian Faith in Times of Crisis

The Postscript concludes that the Formosan Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles was not merely a religious space but a “Mission of Identity” — providing a foundation of hope for “lost” Taiwanese, preserving and cultivating a unique Taiwanese identity abroad, and providing a platform for the Taiwanese language, culture, and shared experiences.

“This sense of ‘hope’ in Christian faith is not only an ultimate concern but also a practical force that transforms individual suffering under authoritarianism into a commitment to social change, providing a deep moral and spiritual foundation for the ‘Quiet Revolution.‘”

Conclusion: Lessons from History and the Sustainability of Democracy

Dr. Lai’s dissertation, written in 1971, is described as “not only a profound depiction of the Taiwanese people’s struggles at that time but also a prophecy for future transformation.” The journey from Taiwan’s authoritarian oppression beginning in 1945 to today’s thriving democracy is widely praised by the international community as a peaceful “Quiet Revolution” — which can also be viewed as “God’s grace.”

“Learning from history is not merely a retrospective endeavor; it is about continuously constructing a more just and free Taiwanese society, carrying on the mission embodied in ‘Toward a Community of Hope,’ and allowing the light of hope to continue shining on this land.”

Contributions and Legacy

  1. Co-founded FPCLA (1970) — First Taiwanese church in North America, under UPCUSA/PC(USA) system
  2. Authored Toward A Community of Hope (1971) — Foundational dissertation on Taiwanese immigrant church formation, reprinted 2025
  3. Theological vision — Articulated church as both ethnic refuge and public mission community; “hopeful community” theology
  4. Cross-generational reference — 2025 republication linked to NTPC, PCT, and broader Taiwanese church heritage
  5. Seminarian mentor — Taught at TTCS where future leaders including Rev. Chaolong Kao were students

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Quotes

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  1. “cks done/skipped/fail per file. Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — PILOT_NOTES (unknown)

2022 (16 quotes)

  1. “讓川普再次競選情勢變得更加困難。（譯者：紀錦玲/核稿：劉文瑜） Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 曼哈頓地區檢察官請辭，川普刑事調查案再掀波瀾 (2022-02-23)
  2. “0225 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 美媒：華府估基輔4天內淪陷，烏克蘭領導層約一週垮台 (2022-02-24)
  3. “武器及相關用品、技術的出口為主。（編輯：潘羿菁）1110225 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 總統府：譴責俄羅斯軍事行動，台灣參與對俄經濟制裁 (2022-02-24)
  4. “紀念特展，由江榮森親自導覽解說。（編輯：戴光育）1110225 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 嘉市228追思 受難家屬籲拆中正紀念堂蔣介石銅像 (2022-02-25)
  5. “0226 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 連2天同台出席 外界解讀盧秀燕蔡其昌互相較勁 (2022-02-26)
  6. “0227 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 賴清德：卑躬屈膝無法停止侵略，全民一心守護國家 (2022-02-27)
  7. “當他讓裝甲車碾壓烏克蘭土地的時候，他自己使這一切變得毫無可能。 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 淪為如金正恩一樣的“國際棄兒”，普丁何以發起准自殺行動 (2022-03-01)
  8. “央社製圖） 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 俄羅斯4架戰機進入瑞典領空 (2022-03-02)
  9. “論，呼籲蒲亭「請停止這場戰爭」。（編輯：高照芬）1110303 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 好萊塢體壇商界聲援烏克蘭，全球名流紛紛表態反戰 (2022-03-03)
  10. “0304 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 加入制裁行列，英特爾、Airbnb及IKEA暫停在俄國及白俄業務 (2022-03-04)

2021 (18 quotes)

  1. “0121 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 拜登就職上演慶祝行情，美股再創新高 (2021-01-20)
  2. “0130 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 拜登政府檢視前朝國安措施，美中貿易協議也算 (2021-01-29)
  3. “突，「我不認為這會是曇花一現」。（譯者：陳亦偉）1100130 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 看懂美國GameStop股價逆襲事件，散戶起義打垮對沖基金 (2021-01-30)
  4. “則將被禁止參選。」（譯者：張正芊/核稿：陳政一）1100201 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 緬甸軍隊總司令敏昂萊發動政變 暴露政治野心 (2021-02-01)
  5. “0203 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 同性戀入閣第一人，美國參院確認布塔朱吉（Pete Buttigieg）掌運輸部 (2021-02-03)
  6. “效甚微。 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 加州已有近140萬人簽名罷免州長紐森 (2021-02-05)
  7. “1260萬人已經接種第一劑疫苗。（編輯：黃自強）1100210 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 英國防疫祭重典，入境隱瞞旅遊史可重判10年 (2021-02-09)
  8. “府美國和中國近期內將仍然維持在全球貿易和技術方面的競爭地位。” Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 路透調查：美國復甦步入正軌，就業增長尚需時日 (2021-02-14)
  9. “率偏高，可望為台股提供資金活水。（編輯：張良知）1100216 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 台股新春開紅盤 近15年呈現逐步走高格局 (2021-02-15)
  10. “0220 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 白宮證實 美致函台灣盼解決汽車晶片問題，感謝台灣出力協助解決 (2021-02-19)

2020 (62 quotes)

  1. “情是，在《港澳條例》裡面，維持政府在剛剛所提到的這種模糊認定。 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 林靜儀專訪:在中共不放棄武力犯台下，主張統一是對主權的威脅，也會對國家安全造成危害 (2020-01-02)
  2. “0108 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 釐清狙殺伊朗將領決策，眾院外委會邀蓬佩奧作證 (2020-01-07)
  3. “民黨總統候選人韓國瑜，成功連任。（編輯：劉學源）1090112 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 蔡英文高票連任， 法國英國議會友台小組祝賀 (2020-01-11)
  4. “訟敗訴，法官：黨產會處分合法 January 16, 2020 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — ‘Tag: 黨產會處分合法’ (2020-01-16)
  5. “出貢獻。 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 徐斯儉會晤美國退伍軍人部長，討論台美深化合作 (2020-01-20)
  6. “9年加強重要節日安全維護工作」。（編輯：洪學廣）1090120 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 陳柏惟：挺罷免票讓韓國瑜自由，願助高市府募款 (2020-01-20)
  7. “0123 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 武漢肺炎疫情擴散，法國議員籲WHO讓台灣參與 (2020-01-22)
  8. “的資格。 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 最高法院允許川普政府執行嚴格的綠卡審議政策 (2020-01-27)
  9. “疫隔離。 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 美接回鑽石公主號公民，14人對武漢肺炎呈陽性反應 (2020-02-17)
  10. “揚中國極權主義的價值觀，幫助中國政府影響各國政治。 記者：韓潔 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 做了壞事又要立牌坊! 澳洲中資搜刮醫療物資運回國再搞捐贈， 北京大外宣演很大 (2020-04-02)

2019 (4 quotes)

  1. “任何有特定立場的團體造謠帶風向。（編輯：張良知）1081223 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 陳菊：與慶富弊案無任何關係，各界勿再錯誤連結 (2019-12-23)
  2. “1226 本報24/7隨時更新 歡迎定閱newsletter Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 陸委會：紅色滲透媒體須另檢討，反滲透法不涉及 (2019-12-26)
  3. “者受不了舊金山的交通和停車問題。（編輯：陳惠珍）1081227 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 便便危機蒙羞，舊金山市苦於屎都形象 (2019-12-27)
  4. “美國每4個遊民就有一人住在加州。（編輯：陳惠珍）1081228 Related Pages - |Dr. Albert S. Lai” — 露營車成舊金山流動屋，州長為遊民槓上川普 (2019-12-28)

…and 91 more quotes

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  • 2022-02-25 🗳️ 嘉市228追思 受難家屬籲拆中正紀念堂蔣介石銅像

  • 2022-02-26 📰 連2天同台出席 外界解讀盧秀燕蔡其昌互相較勁

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📰 檔案紀錄 — 4 則提及（2020–2020），去重後 4 條
  • 2020-01-16 📰 ‘Tag: 黨產會處分合法’
  • 2020-04-04 📰 ‘Tag: 紐約州武漢肺炎破3500死’
  • 2020-05-12 📰 ‘Tag: 日本擬將脊髓性肌萎症藥物定價逾4500萬台幣’
  • 2020-05-25 🏥 ‘Tag: 居家隔離個案也歸零’

Source Notes and Confidence

Source Confidence Legend

  • Content priority A: Direct quotations or primary-source textual attributions from the currently attached source set.

  • Content priority B: Near-contemporary attributed references or secondary materials closely tied to the event/person.

  • Content priority C: Compiled contextual interpretation layers that require further primary-source confirmation.

  • High confidence: FPCLA founding (1970), dissertation authorship (1971), co-founder names, Dr. Chaolong Kao as organizing pastor, Taiyou Church experiment (A)

  • Medium confidence: Detailed founding narrative, theological framework, 50-year reflection (A-B)

  • Needs verification: Exact founding date, location of first worship service, full list of all founding members

Name Variants / Disambiguation

  • English: Albert S. Lai
  • Chinese: 賴信雄
  • Romanization variant: Lai Sin-hiong

TJ Citations

Articles from taiwanjustice.net mentioning Dr. Albert S. Lai (賴信雄):

  1. 2020-06-22 — |國台辦訓斥國民黨　馬英九就立刻表態效忠 ◎陳昭南

  2. 2020-09-29 — |陳日君千里求見教宗遭拒 惹哭網友，義媒為陳日君打抱不平

  3. 2020-01-22 — |武漢肺炎疫情擴散，法國議員籲WHO讓台灣參與

  4. 2022-02-26 — |連2天同台出席 外界解讀盧秀燕蔡其昌互相較勁

  5. 2020-09-19 — |中國疫苗外交會不會重蹈口罩覆轍？

  6. 2020-04-25 — |辜寬敏推制憲公投，30日向中選會提案

  7. 2020-10-03 — |中國軍艦靠近台灣東部外海鄰接區，國防部：即時應處

  8. 2020-04-23 — |台海軍情》公告南北300公里射擊管制區，傳中科院測試增程雄二E飛彈

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