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Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall

STORY: Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:44 LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of the opening ceremony, visitors in the reading room 2. Iris Chang's mother Zhang Yingying in the reading room 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JENNIFER CHEUNG, President of Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia STORYLINE: The San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall has set up a reading room to commemorate the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, renowned for her books on history, including Japan's invasion of China. Chang, whose Chinese name was Zhang Chunru, was the author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II," a best-selling book published in 1997. With the book, she brought to light the horrifying atrocities known as "the Nanjing Massacre," committed by invading Japanese troops in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing in 1937. More than 3

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U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-WWII-MEMORIAL HALL-READING ROOM-IRIS CHANG

(220822) -- SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Iris Chang's mother Zhang Yingying is seen in a reading room commemorating the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang at the San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall in San Francisco, the United States, Aug. 20, 2022. The San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall has set up a reading room to commemorate the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, renowned for her books on history, including Japan's invasion of China. Chang, whose Chinese name was Zhang Chunru, was the author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II," a best-selling book published in 1997. TO GO WITH "Feature: Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall" (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

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U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-WWII-MEMORIAL HALL-READING ROOM-IRIS CHANG

(220822) -- SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man walks into the San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall in San Francisco, the United States, Aug. 20, 2022. The San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall has set up a reading room to commemorate the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, renowned for her books on history, including Japan's invasion of China. Chang, whose Chinese name was Zhang Chunru, was the author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II," a best-selling book published in 1997. TO GO WITH "Feature: Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall" (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

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U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-WWII-MEMORIAL HALL-READING ROOM-IRIS CHANG

(220822) -- SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two books of Iris Chang's "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II" are displayed at a reading room of the San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall in San Francisco, the United States, Aug. 20, 2022. The San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall has set up a reading room to commemorate the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, renowned for her books on history, including Japan's invasion of China. Chang, whose Chinese name was Zhang Chunru, was the author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II," a best-selling book published in 1997. TO GO WITH "Feature: Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall" (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

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Nanking (2007)

Movie Poster Film: Nanking (2007) Director: Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman 10 February 2007 Date: 10 February 2007

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Nanking (2007)

Chinese Children Film: Nanking (2007) Director: Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman 10 February 2007 Date: 10 February 2007

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Nanking (2007)

Chinese Children Film: Nanking (2007) Director: Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman 10 February 2007 Date: 10 February 2007

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1937 Leipziger Nachrichten (Germany) Bombing of Nanking

1937 Leipziger Nachrichten front page (Germany) Bombing of Nanking Date: 1937

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Japanese advance on Hankow

Japanese troops advance on Hankow, which following the fall of Nanking had become the military and political capital of China. Date: 1938

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JAPANESE AT NANKING

Nanking : Japanese forces approach the city by boat Date: November 1937

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JAPANESE TANKS, NANKING

Japanese infantry advance on NANKING under cover of bombardment from their tanks Date: Nov - Dec 1937

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Daiyu Hoden (main hall), Kofukuji Temple

The Main Hall of Tomeizan Kofukuji Temple (64 Tera-machi, Nagasaki City), known popularly as Nanking Temple. The temple was founded by the Chinese priest Zhenyuan from Fuliang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. The Dharma Hall, temple gate and sutra repository were built by the second-generation priest Mozi Ruting in 1641. The iriomoya-style building to the far left is the shrine to Maso, the deity of safe voyages, while the building on the right is living quarters.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐47‐0]