Canonical person profile — source-bounded baseline.
Sha Lin (沙林), identified in the controlled research record as Jiang Xinli (姜新立), was a Taiwan scholar associated with early China Spring intellectual activity and the first world congress of the Chinese Alliance for Democracy. Cross-source evidence supports the alias linkage and his participation in the movement; the exact first-congress committee category and title remain dependent on the original election record.
Documented role
Wang Min’s first-person recollection identifies Jiang as an early Taiwanese scholar recruited into China Spring and reports that Sha Lin began a serialized critique of Chinese-style Marxism in issue no. 5. Independent historical scholarship on the overseas democracy movement identifies Sha Lin (Jiang Xinli) as a Taiwanese participant in the first world congress and an elected headquarters committee member. The CAD ten-year history separately lists 沙林 among the first-congress alliance committee.
Evidence status
The identity and early intellectual/congress participation are materially corroborated. The original China Spring issue no. 5 article/byline and issue no. 10 election page remain important primary-document anchors. Exact office, committee category, and tenure should not be stated more precisely until those controlling records are recovered.
Custody status
No political-custody chronology is established in the current research lane. No detention, release, death, exile, or other custody conclusion should be inferred beyond verified evidence.
Research status
This profile is published from a controlled source baseline and remains open for documentary enrichment, including original magazine pages, early mastheads, and Taiwan institutional records.