In particular, the Nanjing Massacre published by 1997 describes the details of the rape, abuse and killing of a large number of Japanese civilians in Nanjing. It is listed as recommended reading by The New York Times and called one of the best books of the year by book reviews. It was also named the first English book in human history by William Kirby, director of the history department of Harvard University.
1997, Zhang Chunru published The Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Massacre, which won her world reputation and the title of human rights fighter. But trouble followed, and Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Massacre caused a strong rebound in Japan.
1998, Saito Kunihiko, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, issued a public statement accusing the description of Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Massacre of being untrue. Saito Kunihiko was immediately unanimously protested by the China Embassy in the United States and overseas Chinese organizations in the United States, and urged the Japanese government to replace the post of ambassador.
Later, when Zhang Chunru and Saito Kunihiko were interviewed on TV together, when Saito Kunihiko vaguely claimed that the Japanese government had repeatedly apologized for the cruel atrocities committed by members of the Japanese army, Zhang Chunru accused Japan of using vague language on the spot, which made the people of China angry.
Personal data:
Zhang Chunru was born in Princeton, New Jersey on March 28th, 1968. From 65438 to 0989, he obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, worked as a reporter for the Associated Press and Chicago Tribune, and then obtained a master's degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University. Her first book, Silk-Qian Xuesen, the Father of Chinese Missiles, was well received and was sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation Peace and International Cooperation Program Award, the National Science Foundation of the United States and the Pacific Cultural Foundation.