The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited

Author : "Louisa Lim (Foreign Correspondent, Foreign Correspondent, National Public Radio)"

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Published : Friday 15 May 2015

ISBN : 9780190227913

Price : €12.65

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One of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989. -The New York Times Book Review

One of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989. -The New York Times Book Review On June 4, 1989, People's Liberation Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians in Beijing, killing untold hundreds of people. A quarter-century later, this defining event remains buried in China's modern history, successfully expunged from collective memory. In The People's Republic of Amnesia, NPR correspondent Louisa Lim offers a much-needed response to the silence surrounding the events of June 4th, charting how deeply they affected China at the time and in the 25 years since.

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