Taiwan's national archives are pushing a history built on documents rather than propaganda, framing it as a defense against Chinese influence operations.

• Academia Historica changed leaders in Taipei, with Chen Yi-shen handing over to Chen Tsui-lien.
• Chen Yi-shen said Taiwan needs a view of its own history grounded in records and democratic values to fight Beijing's information war.
• A wave of White Terror political case files was published in recent years after laws under Tsai Ing-wen opened and declassified large volumes of archives.
• He wants Taiwan to build presidential libraries, arguing every president's files — authoritarian or elected — should be kept separately instead of buried in government paperwork.
• A new exhibition on 1945 Taiwan challenges the simple "retrocession" story pushed by both the old KMT and today's Communist Party.

Outlook: Expect the archives to keep opening political files and pressing lawmakers to set up a presidential records system modeled on South Korea's.