The Chinese-American writer Iris Chang authored The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II. The news of her death in 2004 brought deep grief to the entire Chinese community in North America.
On the stage of The World, Listen to Me speakers come from many countries, near and far. Among them are Chinese living abroad who have made distinguished contributions in their fields, and friends from outside China who love Chinese culture and have, in their own ways, found themselves bound to it. Through one fine, moving story of a life after another, the stage offers a range of points of view, and gives all of us, together, the beauty of mutual understanding.