The Resume

(March 28, 1968-November 9, 2004)
Birth Name Is Iris Shun-Ru Chang
Wrote ‘Thread of the Silkworm,’ The Rape of Nanking’
‘The Chinese in America’
Committed suicide at 36

Why she might be annoying:

Her parents told her stories about the slaughter of the Chinese people from the ‘Nanking Massace’ at a young age.
Her book ‘The Rape of Nanking’ has stirred controversy in Japan in its authenticity.
‘The Rape of Nanking’ is very explicit and graphic.
In her office, she held photos depicting torture and killing.
She is quoted saying: ‘I lost weight and I lost hair. I got sick frequently. I was very unhappy’ while doing research on ‘The Rape of Nanking.’

Why she might not be annoying:

Her maternal grandparents had escaped ‘The Nanking’ just a few weeks before the killing began.
John Rabe, a former Nazi, dubbed her ‘the Oskar Schindler of Nanking.’
She worked to break stereotypes of Asians.
She died young.
She appeared on many TV programs, including ‘Nightline’ and ‘NewsHour.‘
She suffered a nervous breakdown.
Despite strong signs of mental illness the hospital released her five months before her death.
Many claim her death was a wake-up call to history’s brutal effect on the mind.

Credit: Coleman Watford

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3281968)
• I Attended Johns Hopkins University
• I Attended University of Illinois [Urbana, Champaign]
• I Committed Suicide (Ranked: 36)
• I Died in 2004 (Ranked: 36)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 36)
• I Died on Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) [November 9]
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• Influenced by Hannah Arendt
• Profiles 13001-13250 (Ranked: 13087)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20041109)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 102 Votes: 45.10% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 54.29% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 91 Votes: 51.65% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 112 Votes: 54.46% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 233 Votes: 45.49% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 240 Votes: 41.25% Annoying