ited ▁with ▁saving ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 – 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁lives ▁despite ▁the ▁on going ▁mass acre . ▁After ▁George ▁F itch ▁depart ed , ▁Hub ert ▁La f ay ette ▁S one ▁was ▁elected ▁Administr ative ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Nan j ing ▁International ▁Rel ief ▁Committee . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁Before ▁the ▁normal ization ▁of ▁relations ▁between ▁China ▁and ▁the ▁West , ▁the ▁Western ers ▁who ▁remained ▁behind ▁in ▁N ank ing ▁to ▁run ▁the ▁N ank ing ▁Saf ety ▁Zone ▁were ▁vig or ously ▁critic ized ▁by ▁the ▁Chinese ▁government . ▁For ▁example , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁research ers ▁at ▁N ank ing ▁University ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁condem ned ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁community ▁in ▁N ank ing ▁for ▁turning ▁a ▁blind ▁eye ▁to ▁the ▁Japanese ▁at roc ities ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁mis used ▁the ▁primary ▁sources ▁to ▁suggest ▁that ▁the ▁Western ers ▁had ▁co oper ated ▁in ▁the ▁Japanese ▁sla ugh ter ▁of ▁Chinese . ▁As ▁Chinese ▁concerns ▁about ▁" American ▁imperial ism " ▁dimin ished , ▁and ▁as ▁Japan ▁became ▁the ▁target ▁of ▁official ▁vit ri ol ▁( part ly ▁at ▁least ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁highly ▁polit ic ized ▁and ▁content ious ▁issue ▁of ▁Japanese ▁text books ), ▁views ▁in ▁China ▁dram atically ▁changed . ▁Western ers ▁were ▁now ▁dep icted ▁as ▁active ▁resist ors ▁rather ▁than ▁active ▁collabor ators . ▁ ▁However , ▁certain ▁right - wing ▁and ▁national ist ▁Japanese ▁authors