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Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American author and 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.

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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 another.

Hard, Hard Times, Racism, Racist, Slides, Underneath

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.

Book, Historical, Interesting, Write, Writing

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.

Communist, Country, Engagement, Government, Nation

As the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.

Elie, Forget, Holocaust, Twice, Years

The spoken word vanished with the wind. Likewise, the unrecorded life disappears as if it never existed.

Disappear, Life, Spoken Word, Unrecorded, Wind

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

Acceptance, Economic, Political, Pose, Turns, Ugly

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

Duty, Firsts, Please, Towards, Write, Writing

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.

Amassed, Gathering, Historical, Research, Skills

I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities.

Book, Cities, Finish, Journey, Tour

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 struggles of the Chinese against these exclusion laws really laid down the foundations of civil rights law.

America, Country, Face, Laid, Struggle, Usa

Please believe in THE POWER OF ONE. One person can make an enormous difference in the world. One person - actually, one idea - can start a war, or end one, or subvert an entire power structure. One discovery can cure a disease or spawn new technology to benefit or annihilate the human race. You as ONE individual can change millions of lives. Think big. Do not limit your vision and do not ever compromise your dreams or ideals.

Annihilate, Believe, Dream, Limit, Spawn, War

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.

Ceremonies, Chinese, Mayor, San Francisco, Special, Welcomed

It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before.

Broad, Enough, Information, Look, Looks, Things

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

Driven, Economic, Media

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.

Life, Matter, May, Oneself, Thinking, Writing

Its a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies.

Baby, Chinese, Couple, Segment, White

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

Difficult, Hang, History, Relics

Books are the ultimate way for writers to reach immortality.

Book, Books, Immortality, Way

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

People, Solitude, Space, Talking