Iris Shun-Ru Chang (traditional Chinese: 張純如; March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, historian, and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanjing Massacre, The Rape of Nanking, and in 2003, The Chinese in America: A Narrative History.

2004年11月20日 · Chang, who lived in San Jose, shot herself to death Nov. 9 in her car, parked along a rural road south of Los Gatos. The news hit Nanjing fast and hard. This bustling city of 6 million glimmers...

Iris Chang (張純如), before her untimely death, was one of America's leading young historians. Her last, widely-acclaimed book focused on Chinese immigrants and t heir descendents in the United States — their sacrifices, their achievements and their contributions to the fabric of American culture, an epic journey spanning more than 150 years.

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II is a bestselling 1997 non-fiction book written by Iris Chang about the 1937–1938 Nanjing Massacre —the mass murder and mass rape of Chinese civilians committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the Battle of Nanjing during...

2004年11月12日 · Iris Chang, a journalist whose best-selling book, "The Rape of Nanking," a chronicle of the atrocities committed in that city by occupying Japanese forces, helped break a six-decade-long...

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.” — Iris Chang.

2024年11月9日 · Today marks 20 years since the death of Iris Chang, author of “The Rape of Nanking” that brought a knowledge of the Nanjing Massacre to a broad international audience after its publication in 1997.

The late historian Stephen Ambrose described Chang as "maybe the best historian we've got." "She understands that to communicate history, you've got to tell the story in an interesting way," he added. "She uses those vital storytelling rhythms."

Iris Chang was a journalist, best-selling author, and political activist. She was born in Princeton, New Jersey to two university professors on March 28, 1968. Her maternal grandparents escaped the Nanjing massacre, which she heard lots of stories about growing up.

Since her untimely death in 2004, the legacy of world-renowned Chinese-American author Iris Chang(張純如) has lived on in the pages of her bestseller, “The Rape of Nanking.” But now that legacy has also found a home in a museum in China dedicated to her work.