Donald Trump has been the President of the U.S. for less than 18 months, but his behavior and public statements already have an adverse impact on one important aspact of the American government and society. His frequent outright lies, on almost every subject under the sun, have desensitized people, other government leaders, and the media […]
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Trump Legacy: Changing Standard for Assessing a Political Leader
June 2018
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Sample Letters from Tong Zeng’s Collection of “10,000 Cries for Justice”
March 2018
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The “10,000 Cries for Justice” initiative provides an important digital archive of historical written letters about WWII atrocities inflicted by the Japanese military on the Chinese population during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945). This digital archive documenting the first-hand experience of the victims provides powerful evidence to refute all the false claims made by the […]
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Nanking Massacre 80th Anniversary Commemoration: From the Eyes and Words of Eye Witnesses
December 2017
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This year (2017) marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, one of the worst atrocities in human history. It is a time in history that: atrocious cruelties were inflicted by one group of humans on another group of humans where within six weeks about 300,000 Chinese (including civilians, women and children) just in the […]
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History and Tales of Alhambra (Granada, Spain)
During July 25-27, 2018, I participated at the 13th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of Granada in Granada, Spain. The theme of the conference was “Autonomy in Times of Turmoil: What to Make of the Social?” I presented a talk titled “10,000 Cries for Justice” (to see the Powerpoint presentation, click […]