Iris Chang (10-28-68 -- 11-09 04 RIP), - Air date: 05-12-03

Iris Chang, the prominent Chinese American author and journalist who fueled an international protest movement against Japan with her incendiary best-selling book, "The Rape of Nanking," was found dead from an apparent self- inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said Wednesday......Author of three books and many articles and columns, Chang's most famous work was her controversial 1997 book, "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II," which described one of the war's worst atrocities.

Japanese army troops massacred many Chinese in Nanjing (then called Nanking) in late 1937 and early 1938, and Chang not only believed that the horrible event was in danger of being forgotten but also accused Japanese society of collective denial about it. Translated into many languages, her book galvanized a redress movement in the United States. It was lauded in the U.S. media, drew criticism from several U.S. scholars on Japan and was vilified by right-wing publications in Japan. ......Chang's most recent book, "The Chinese in America," was named one of the best books of the year by The Chronicle. Her first book, "Thread of the Silkworm," told the story of the Chinese scientist who guided the development of China's Silkworm missile. Born in Princeton, N.J., Chang grew up in Champaign-Urbana, Ill., where her parents are professors at the University of Illinois. Her grandparents' escape from Nanjing fed her early interest in what happened there. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and worked briefly as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and Associated Press before entering a master's program at Johns Hopkins University in 1990. She appeared on the cover of Reader's Digest as well as on many TV programs, including "Nightline" and "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer," and she wrote for numerous publications, including the New York Times and Newsweek.

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[Vampiric59]

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[Yamatopetro]

@undertakerRach the majority of those 1,2 million tibetans that died were not killed by the chinese government. they were kill by the great leap forward project. the majority of people who died during the great leap forward died of starvation. however the goal of the project was to industrialize not to starve people. why this project failed was because it was only good in theory and those who planned it missed many calculations.

[iluvmycats1]

@undertakerRach

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[undertakerRach]

@dilegentelectron (Part5)In the poorer sections the streets were said to have been littered with dead.　Finally, in Tibet, more than 1,200,000 people were massacred since being unfairly annexed to Communist China in 1955. The massacre is still on going. Before you accuse Japan, you should look at your right history!

Look at his comments. He is a Chinese boy. He shows realy Chinese charasteristcs, who love attacking somebody without reasons.

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[undertakerRach]

@dilegentelectron (Part4)Moreover, the 228 Massacre was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that began on February 27, 1947 and was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang government. New York Times on March 29, 1947, an American said, “Troops from China arrived at Taiwan on March 7 and indulged in three days of indiscriminate killing and looting. For a time everyone seen on the streets was shot at, homes were broken into and occupants killed.

[undertakerRach]

@dilegentelectron (Part3)Furthermore, the Tungchow Mutiny was an assault on Japanese civilians and troops by East Hopei Army in Tungchow, China on 29 July 1937 shortly after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident that marked the official beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. 250 civilian residents of Tungchow were killed in the uprising (predominantly Japanese reserves, including police and ethnic Korean-Japanese).

[undertakerRach]

@dilegentelectron (Part2)When Japanese surrounded the Nanking city, the city was completely fallen into a state of anarchy by Chinese soldiers. They in holy terror came to be out of control and began looting and killing. In addition, NY Times Jan 4, 1938 said, the ex-Chinese officers in the presence of Americans and other foreigners confessed looting in Nanking and also that one night they dragged girls into the darkness and the next day blamed Japanese soldiers for the attacks.

[undertakerRach]

@dilegentelectron (Part1)Chinese always say the Nanking Massacre which means the Japanese soldiers stole from the Chinese and killed them during the war were bad. However, the massacre was caused by Chinese soldiers. Chinese government pinned their crimes on Japanese soldiers. James Espy, the vice American Council at Nanking, reported to the American Embassy at Hankow concerning the aspect of the city right before the fall of Nanking as follows.

[dilegentelectron]

@undertakerRach We don't need brainwash to hate japan. We don't need to make stuff up. Japs are still worshiping war criminals. It has nothing to do with communist party. stop giving me that communist party shit. it has nothing to do with it. we have victims, pictures, diaries, videos, all kinds of evidence. it has nothing to do with communist party. REVENGE WILL COME no matter communist or not, REVENGE WILL COME

[dilegentelectron]

@undertakerRach REVENGE COMES.