After read your post, my first reaction is to write a follow up one. However, I could not. I sat in front of the computer till 2:00AM but could not come up a single word. After a sleepless night, I decide to write a short note to you.

I saw you keep posting in other sites, and I am pretty sure that you are confident about your conclusion because you think you get it scientifically and logically. But, you just missed the whole point.

You maybe right if we dig into the fine definition of those words, which I still do not agree. The killing in Nanjing, in China, in Far East Asia is one of the worst human crime in history. Compared to what Nazis did to European Jews, Jap's act is no better. It does not matter if the number is 6 million or thirty million, 10% or 50% of the population. The act itself can not be justified by any mean. So what is the meaning to argue over the definition of the word?

Besides, there is a fine line between academic research and reality. The logical conclusion you got is a taboo for Chinese. It is the shame and pain of the nation, the people. For all chinese, there is only ONE thing they need remember-----FKIN JAP killed 25 million plus chinese poeple in 8 years. What was their intention, massacre or genocide? Should we care? What we care is to remember the fact. Do you understand why the alarm goes off during the anniversary of the massacre? It is a reminder of the history. Being a chines, which I assume, and posting such message is not sensitive, if not worse. There is a limit for free speech, you just try to write some good (or not so bad stuff) about Bin Laden to
TIMES and see what response you will get from US readers.

As for Ms Chang, we do not care what's her intension either. What we know is her book at least let SOME western people know about the killing, which is a great achievement. As an ABC, she did the thing most native chinese could not do. Should she be ashamed for her intention? HELL NO!

My God Bbess her soul in heaven.