The People's Republic of Amnesia

"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.

Louisa Lim has spent a decade covering China for NPR and formerly for the BBC.

- Introduction
- 1. Soldier
- 2. Staying
- 3. Exile
- 4. Student
- 5. Mother
- 6. Patriot
- 7. Official
- 8. Chengdu
- Afterword