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Bullets and Opium: Real-Life Stories of China After the Tiananmen Square Massacre
By Liao Yiwu
- ISBN
- 9781982126643 9781982126667
- Publisher
- One Signal: Atria
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Starred Review on July 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
Beginning in April 1989, thousands protested for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. On June 4, the Chinese People's Liberation Army violently crushed this protest. A year later, musician and poet Liao (For a Song and a Hundred Songs) was arrested and spent four years in prison for composing a poem about the massacre. After being released from prison, Liao began the dangerous task ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
