After The War | How an American family’s wartime bond with China is bringing the countries together
Daughter-in-law of Flying Tiger who taught in Fujian province sees lessons in ordinary people always finding ways to understand one another
When Elyn MacInnis first moved to Nanjing in the late 1980s, she was greeted by a wholly unexpected connection.
MacInnis, who goes by the Chinese name Mu Yanling, knew the name only vaguely then.
For six weeks from December 13, 1937, Japanese troops stormed the city, killing, raping and looting. Historians’ estimates of the fatalities vary widely, ranging from the tens of thousands to as high as 300,000. Saturday marks the 88th anniversary of the Nanking massacre.
Later, standing before Vautrin’s formidable bronze statue at the memorial hall dedicated to the victims of the Nanking massacre in Nanjing, MacInnis felt profoundly humbled.