ISBN The People's Republic of Amnesia ( Tiananmen Revisited ) book English Hardcover

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.