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Iris Chang

Chinese-American journalist and author of historical books (1968–2004)

  • Fame55.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia14K
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Lived 1968–2004, aged 36United States
United StatesUnited StatesJournalistsJournalist
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  • Era
    1968–2004
    Aged 36
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Updated 2026-06-25

Iris Shun-Ru Chang 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. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography Finding Iris Chang, and the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking starring Olivia Cheng as Iris Chang. The independent 2007 documentary film Nanking was based on her work and dedicated to her memory.

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Historical22.8
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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