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Iris Shun-Ru Chang ( Traditional Chinese: 張純如, Simplified Chinese: 张纯如; March 28, 1968 - November 9, 2004) was a freelance Chinese American historian and journalist. She was born in Princeton, New Jersey and was raised in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where she attended University High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism at the University of Illinois. After brief stints at the Associated Press and the Chicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune self-styled as the World's Greatest Newspaper is the leading newspaper of the Midwest of the United States. Founded in 1847, the Tribune began as a Know Nothing paper. It consisted mostly of columns that were xenophobic, with constant, she began her career as a writer, and also lectured and wrote articles for various magazines. She wrote three notable works that document the experiences of AsianThe term Asian can refer to something or someone from Asia. Its precise use varies depending on who is using it. In the United Kingdom and Anglophone Africa, the term Asian usually refers to people whose ethnic heritage is from the Indian subcontinent.s and Asian AmericanAn Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. The term "Asian American" is credited to the historian Yuji Ichioka who, in the late 1960s, used it to describe members of a new pan-ethnics in history.

1 Works

Her first book, titled Thread of the Silkworm (1995), tells the true story of the ChineseThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute professor Tsien Hsue-shenTsien Hsue-shen or Qian Xuesen (born 1911) is a scientist who was a major figure in the missile and space programs of both the United States and People's Republic of China. Tsien was the co-founder of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and became the "Fathe during the Red ScareThe term Red Scare has been applied to two distinct periods of intense anti-Communism in United States history: firstly from 1917 to 1920 and secondly in the early 1950s. Both periods were characterized by widespread fears of Communist influence on U. in the 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb.. After being one of the founders of JPL, and helping the U.S military debrief Nazi scientist for many years, he was suddenly falsely accused of being a spy, communist party member, and placed under house arrest from 1950-55, and left for PR China in Sept. of 1955 merchant ship Pres. Cleveland, where he developed the Don Fong missile program, and the Silkworm missileUmm Qasr in Iraq. The HY-2 Hai Ying ("Sea Eagle"), known in Western media as the Silkworm missile is an anti-ship cruise missile made by China. Specifications It is based on the Russian SS-N-2 ''Styx missile, and has a maximum range of 95 km, with a 513 k that would later endanger the US warships during the 1st Gulf war. (The USS Missouri was almost hit by two Iraqi Silkworms Feb. 1991, saved by the HMS Gloucester with two Sea Darts. Debris hit the Missouri.) Her second, the bestselling The Rape of Nanking (1997), documents the massacre of Chinese by Japanese soldiers during World War II, and includes interviews with victims. Finally, The Chinese in America (2003) describes the overall history of Chinese immigrants.

2 Depression and death

Chang suffered a mental breakdown that required hospitalization while researching her fourth book, about U.S. soldiers who fought the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Even after the release from the hospital, she still suffered from depression. She lived in Sunnyvale, California with her husband Brett Douglas, and their 2-year old son Christopher. On November 9, 2004 at about 9 a.m., Chang was found dead in her car by another motorist on a rural road south of Los Gatos and west of California State Highway 17, in Santa Clara County. Investigators concluded that Chang had shot herself in the head.

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