Minnie Vautrin was a hero. In 1937, the missionary and University of Illinois graduate saved 10,000 Chinese women and children from the invading Japanese Imperial Army. But the trauma she experienced ...

The new film Dead to Rights will be shown in North American theaters this week. Based on real events, the film follows several ordinary Chinese individuals who risked everything to preserve ...

For decades, few Americans were aware of the 1937 Rape of Nanjing by an invading Japanese army that slaughtered hundreds of thousands of civilians. Even now, few realize an American woman played a key ...

Grandniece of Minnie Vautrin, Cindy Vautrin (L) and her daughter show Minnie's passports at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre on July 20, 2005. Cindy displays more than 100 ...

Back in the 1930s, when my friend's father immigrated here from China, he found himself short $20 to get through customs. The man behind him in line gave him the money. This first experience of ...

US missionary Minnie Vautrin saved the lives of around 10,000 women and children at refugee camps at Jinling Women's College during the Nanjing Massacre from 1937-38. [Photo/cnr.cn] US missionary ...

When playwright Margaret G. Waterstreet visited Nanking, China, 20 years ago, she learned of an unspeakable atrocity that claimed the lives of as many as 350,000 civilians just before World War II.

For decades, few Americans were aware of the 1937 Rape of Nanjing by an invading Japanese army that slaughtered hundreds of thousands of civilians. Even now, few realize an American woman played a key ...