Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces. Iris Chang driveeconomicforce Change image and share on social
Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien. Iris Chang aliencommonlycondemn Change image and share on social
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. Iris Chang askbookemphasize share on social
There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country? Iris Chang americabostoncity Change image and share on social
When you take something extremely broad, then it is not a work of expansion or work of compression. It's hard because you have to decide what to throw out. Iris Chang broadcompressiondecide Change image and share on social
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. Iris Chang broaddifficultdiscover share on social
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. Iris Chang crisiseconomicexploit Change image and share on social
It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest. Iris Chang californiachineseclear Change image and share on social
I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D. Iris Chang considerdoctorateequivalent Change image and share on social
The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out. Iris Chang bookchangecome share on social