The People's Republic of Amnesia - Tiananmen Revisited

Zusatztext NPR's veteran China correspondent Lim shows how the 1989 massacre of student human rights protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square continues to shape the country today... A forceful reminder that only by dealing with its own past truthfully will China shape a decent future for coming generations. Informationen zum Autor Louisa Lim has spent a decade covering China for NPR and formerly for the BBC. Klappentext One of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989. --The New York Times Book ReviewAn Economist Book of the Year, 2014 Zusammenfassung "One of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989." --The New York Times Book Review Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Soldier 2. Staying 3. Exile 4. Student 5. Mother 6. Patriot 7. Official 8. Chengdu Afterword

Product details

• Authors: Louisa Lim, Louisa (Foreign Correspondent Lim, Lim Louisa
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2015
• EAN: 9780190227913
• ISBN: 978-0-19-022791-3
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Asian History, Demonstrations & protest movements, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions