A teacher at Shanghai Aurora College has been fired for telling her students that the casualty numbers in the notorious Nanjing Massacre are not supported by real data. She called reports on the atrocity “a folk rumor.” Some people argue the comments are not that big a deal as it’s a matter of academic freedom of speech. Is that so?

The student who put the video of the teacher’s lecture online is facing bullying. Some people call him a traitor. Does he deserve it? Could the student have handled the situation better?

And there are rising attempts especially in Japan to rewrite history or deny the occurrence of the Nanjing Massacre and other war crimes committed by the Japanese military in the rest of Asia during WWII. What’s prompted such a phenomenon?

In this episode of Chat Lounge, join host Tu Yun, writer and columnist Einar Tangen, and Associate Professor David Moser from Beijing Capital Normal University for a close look at the issue.