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Iris Chang: Elegy for a brave writer
Iris Chang was a Chinese-American author and historian who took her own life in 2004. As Paula Kamen recounts in a new biography, Chang had challenged the establishments of two of the world’s most powerful nations. [This review was first … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, China, History, Press, Sino-Japanese relations
Tagged advertising pressure, bataan, charles burress, clustering, counterpunch, ian buruma, iris chang, nanking, newsweek, paula kamen, Sino-Japanese relations, the wages of guilt, urbana-champaign, war compensation
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The untold story of Japan’s war compensation record
Although it is well known that the Japanese media extensively censor themselves, foreign correspondents in Tokyo are often almost as hesitant to tell the whole truth. Here is the full story on one important aspect of Japanese policy that has … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, China, Japan, Press, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade
Tagged charles a. stenger, compensation, draper-johnson, ian buruma, iris chang, japan times, knickknacks, reparations, semantics, Sino-Japanese relations, torture, unit 731, wages of guilt, william draper, zhou enlai
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