Before San Jose author Iris Chang’s book “The Rape of Nanking' was published in 1997 – few in the West knew about the atrocities in the former Chinese capital during the outbreak of World War II.
Before San Jose author Iris Chang’s book "The Rape of Nanking" was published in 1997 – few in the West knew about the atrocities in the former Chinese capital during the outbreak of World War II.Before San Jose author Iris Chang’s book "The Rape of Nanking" was published in 1997 – few in the West knew about the atrocities in the former Chinese capital during the outbreak of World War II.
Iris Chang’s parents met with KTVU at a San Jose part honoring their daughter during Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Chang died by suicide in 1997, but her impact on the Bay Area and beyond is almost impossible to overstate. The book documents the systematic slaughter of an estimated 300,000 people – and rapes of countless women. The horrors were largely absent from us history books up to that point.
"I'm sure the content of the rape of Nanking made her very sad how human being can do such a thing," Ying-Ying Chang said.
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