There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
Iris Chang

There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China.
Iris Chang

There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
Iris Chang

There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.
Iris Chang

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
Iris Chang

We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.
Iris Chang

Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
Iris Chang

When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
Iris Chang

When you take something extremely broad, then it is not a work of expansion or work of compression. It's hard because you have to decide what to throw out.
Iris Chang

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
Iris Chang