Entenmann's The Rape Of Nanking

Entenmann continues on to deeper issues, chastising Chang’s personal and cultural background in relation to her novel; her grandparents having barely escaped Nanking, ‘The Rape of Nanking’ exudes a sense of Chang’s “own ethnic prejudice.” Chang recounts “implausible speculations”, according to Entenmann, particularly in regards to Emperor Hirohito’s apparent rejoice at the new of the Nanking Massacre (Chang, 179). He argues the possibility that the Emperor’s response is to the most part unknown and that Chang “confuses the Japanese leaders delight in the fall of the Chinese capital with exulting in the massacre that occurred afterwards.”

Such speculations may stem from Chang’s journalist background, and the fact that she is not a professional