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30 quotes by Iris Chang

Iris Chang Traditional Chinese 張純如 Simplified Chinese 张纯如 Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Chúnrú Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American historian and journalist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanking Massacre, The Rape of Nanking. She committed suicide on November 9, 2004. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography, Finding Iris Chang, and the 2007 documentary film Iris...
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The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.

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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... →

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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into... →

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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to... →

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Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.

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It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.

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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

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I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

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I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.

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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.

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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

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We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their... →

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Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have to keep in mind that the... →

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