Iris Chang
Iris Chang
Iris Shun-Ru Changwas an American journalist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanking Massacre, The Rape of Nanking. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography, Finding Iris Chang, and the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth28 March 1968
CountryChina
country government engagement
There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.
uprising soldier rebellion
The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.
book stories slavery
The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
san-francisco chinese special
When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
barbie asian
They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
talking space people
I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.
writing firsts duty
Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
country class cities
There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
book way immortality
Books are the ultimate way for writers to reach immortality.
wind disappear spoken-word
The spoken word vanished with the wind. Likewise, the unrecorded life disappears as if it never existed.
skills historical research
I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.
writing thinking may
I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
book writing interesting
After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book.
writing people liberty
For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction.