On May 7th 1999, Belgrade time, NATO troops led by the United States dropped five joint direct attack bombs with B-2 stealth bombers, flagrantly bombing the people of China and the Embassy of China in Yugoslavia. Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Yunhuan, Guangming Daily reporter Xu Xinghu and Zhu Ying died on the spot, dozens of people were injured and the embassy building was seriously damaged.
1999 Why was the Embassy of China in Yugoslavia bombed by the United States?
1At 23: 45 pm on May 7, 1999,1At 5: 45 am on May 8, 1999, NATO forces led by the United States dropped five joint direct attack bombs with B-2 stealth bombers, directly hitting the Embassy of China in Yugoslavia. Afterwards, the United States immediately issued a statement on this, claiming that it was "mistaken bombing"; However, there are indications that the so-called "mistaken bombing" in the United States simply does not hold water.
First of all, judging from the five joint direct attack munitions launched by the United States against the embassy, the so-called "accidental bombing" by the United States is totally untenable.
The first joint direct-fire ammunition: it obliquely penetrated the building from the southeast of the Embassy, and finally exploded on the first floor, which directly led to the death of Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Yunhuan on the spot.
The second kind of joint direct attack ammunition: directly from the top center of the embassy, destroying all the third floor offices, second floor offices and first floor halls of the embassy.
The third joint direct-fire ammunition landed in the northwest corner of the embassy, killing Guangming Daily reporter Xu Xinghu and his wife Zhu Ying on the spot.
The fourth kind of joint direct attack ammunition: direct attack enters the basement and causes an explosion in the basement.
The fifth kind of joint direct attack ammunition: it attacked the ground, but it didn't explode at that time.
From the different angles of the five joint direct attack bombs launched by the United States, it is obvious that the United States has a "targeted" attack, the purpose of which is to destroy everything in the embassy in one fell swoop.
After the incident, people's anger was aroused in our country, and large-scale anti-American demonstrations broke out in many places across the country. We strongly protest against this to the United States.
In this regard, the explanation given by the United States is that this is purely a "mistaken bombing."
The reason is that the US military used an outdated CIA map, and the China Embassy was only 180 meters away from the real target of NATO bombing, and the two buildings were very similar in size and shape.
This is the high-sounding reason of the United States, that is, it is purely a "mistaken bombing."
This ridiculous excuse of the United States is naturally untenable. After all, as early as the Gulf War of 199 1, the United States showed the world the high-tech war of the US military. In the Gulf War, the United States paralyzed Iraq's army headquarters, power plants, airports and missile launching positions with high technology at the beginning of the war, especially the attack on Iraq's central nervous system. The United States completely paralyzed the Iraqi army with this precision-guided bomb.
With such an advanced high-tech and space satellite reconnaissance system, it is obviously far-fetched and untenable for the US military to use the outdated map of the CIA as an excuse.
So, why did the United States take the risk of attacking our embassy in Yugoslavia?
There are several statements about the American attack on our embassy in Yugoslavia. Details are as follows:
1. The Yugoslav side used this place as a radar signal relay station.
After the incident, the British newspaper Observer and the Danish newspaper Politician believed that NATO bombed the Embassy of China specifically.
The reason is: at that time, our embassy became the "radar signal relay station" of Yugoslavia. In order to completely destroy the national communication system of Yugoslavia, the United States finally bombed our embassy with joint attack bombs.
At that time, the United States also strongly denied this explanation, and now it also believes that the reasons of British observers and Danish politicians are far-fetched and untenable; The United States has always put interests first and weighed the weight. The United States also knows the result after the bombing.
Second, the bombing of the embassy was a "decapitation operation" planned by the United States.
In 2005, a senior NATO general said that at that time, NATO thought Yugoslav President Milosevic was the ambassador to China, and the American bombing was a long-planned "decapitation".
In response to this statement, we deny it at will.
This site is untenable. According to the "decapitation action" in American history, if the goal of the United States is really Yugoslav President Milosevic, but the intelligence confirms that the United States will carry out decapitation action, the United States can ensure the removal of Yugoslav President Milosevic by using five joint direct-fire ammunition. The United States will not be so stupid to attack things if the goal is not clear.
Third,
After the Kosovo war broke out, the United States sent the most advanced stealth fighter F- 1 17 to participate in the war. It happened that the American F- 1 17 stealth fighter was shot down by Yugoslavia. It is said that Yugoslavia used backward anti-aircraft missiles with the help of experts from China.
After the F- 1 17 stealth fighter was shot down, the wreckage of the fighter was captured by Yugoslavia, which involved the most confidential stealth materials in the United States at that time, the engine technology of the fighter and so on. Then, Yugoslavia provided our military experts with part of the wreckage of the F- 1 17 aircraft. Later, the United States obtained the location of some wreckage of the F- 1 17 aircraft. In order to prevent part of the wreckage of the F- 1 17 plane from being obtained by China military experts, the United States bombed our embassy.
As for why the United States bombed our embassy in Yugoslavia, there are different opinions, but this statement is highly credible:
After the outbreak of the Kosovo war, NATO led by the United States, under the banner of "human rights", rashly bombed Yugoslavia unilaterally for 78 years without the authorization of the UN Security Council. We have always opposed NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia, and the United States brazenly bombed our embassy in Yugoslavia in retaliation.
When did the United States bomb the Yugoslav embassy in China?
1On the night of May 7, 1999, at about 5 a.m. Beijing time on May 8, 1999, NATO American B-2 bombers dropped three precision-guided bombs in this bombing without the authorization of the United Nations and hit the embassies of China, China and China in Yugoslavia. Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Yunhuan, Guangming Daily reporter Xu Xinghu and Zhu Ying died on the spot, dozens of people were injured and the embassy building was seriously damaged. A JDAM did not explode on the spot, and it was not taken out and destroyed by Serbia until five years later.
Later, China thought that this was a deliberate bombing, possibly in retaliation for China's previous opposition to NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia, so he protested strongly to the United States. NATO explained that it was an accidental bombing, because it used an outdated map of the US Central Intelligence Agency, and the China Embassy was only 180 meters away from the Yugoslav military headquarters, the real target of NATO bombing, and the two buildings were very similar in size and shape. Amnesty International supports NATO's explanation and condemns NATO for not taking appropriate measures to ensure that innocent people's lives are not harmed.
However, the British newspaper Observer and the Danish newspaper Politics and Home Affairs believe that NATO specifically bombed the embassy because Yugoslavia used it as a radar signal relay station.
In 2005, a senior NATO general said that NATO believed that Yugoslav President Milosevic was in the embassy of China, so bombing the embassy was a planned "decapitation".
In which year was the Embassy of China bombed, and which country was it bombed?
It was the Embassy of China in Yugoslavia that was bombed on May 7th. 1999.
On May 7th 1999, Belgrade time, NATO troops led by the United States dropped five joint direct attack bombs with B-2 stealth bombers, flagrantly bombing the people of China and the Embassy of China in Yugoslavia. Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Yunhuan, Guangming Daily reporter Xu Xinghu and Zhu Ying died on the spot, dozens of people were injured and the embassy building was seriously damaged.
On May 7th, 20 19, the Embassy of China in Serbia held a commemorative event in memory of the three martyrs Shao Yunhuan, Xu Xinghu and Zhu Ying who died in the NATO bombing in199.
Statement by the Government of China
1On May 8, 1999, People's Republic of China (PRC) issued a statement on NATO's bombing of the Embassy of China in Yugoslavia. The full text of the statement is as follows:
At midnight on May 7, NATO led by the United States brazenly attacked the embassies of People's Republic of China (PRC) and China in Yugoslavia from different angles. The embassy was seriously damaged, resulting in three deaths, two missing and more than 20 injured.
NATO, led by the United States, bombed Yugoslavia indiscriminately for more than 40 days, causing a large number of innocent civilian casualties, and now it has developed into bombing the Embassy of China in Yugoslavia. This behavior of NATO is a gross violation of China's sovereignty and a wanton violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the basic norms of international relations, which is rare in the diplomatic history.
The government and people of China expressed great indignation and severe condemnation of this barbaric atrocity and protested in the strongest terms.
The US-led NATO must take full responsibility for this, and the China administration reserves the right to take further measures.
In which year was the Embassy of China bombed, and which country was it bombed?
The Embassy of China was bombed on May 8th 1999, and suddenly it was bombed by the US military.
1On March 24th, 1999, NATO launched an air strike against Yugoslavia, and the Kosovo war broke out. In this war, the US military dispatched F 1 17 fighter planes to bomb important targets in Yugoslavia. This fighter is a stealth fighter developed by the United States and cannot be found by radar.
American intelligence personnel found the architect of the China Embassy and learned that the building has five floors, the thickness of each floor and the thickness of the roof, and input parameters for the ground penetrating bomb.
On May 8th, the American B2 bomber took off from the mainland and flew to China's embassy in Yugoslavia, dropping several earth-penetrating bombs. However, what Americans didn't expect was that the "cauldron" of the satellite signal receiving device was erected on the roof of the China Embassy. When Americans throw bombs, the laser just shines on the cauldron, which is equivalent to an extra layer on the roof.
According to the laser guidance and the parameters set before, each earth-penetrating bomb will be blown up every time it passes through a floor, so the roof and the fifth floor upstairs will be blown up. Thanks to the cauldron upstairs, the F 1 17 fragments in the basement survived and were later brought back, which promoted the development of stealth fighter technology in China.
When was the Embassy of China bombed? Which country bombed it?
It was the Embassy of China in Yugoslavia that was bombed on May 7th. 1999.
Three China journalists were killed:
Lu, an eyewitness to the incident and a reporter from People's Daily, recalled that after they came to the compound, they first looked at the situation and found that the entire embassy compound was also burning. Gasoline stored in the basement garage of the embassy and some gas tanks in the kitchen also exploded.
After that, rescuers from Yugoslavia arrived. When counting the number of people, four people were found missing, one was Shao Yunhuan, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency, the other was Xu Xinghu, a reporter from Guangming Daily and his wife Zhu Ying, and Ren Baokai, a military attache of the Embassy. It was found that Shao Yunhuan, Xu Xinghu and Zhu Ying were killed in the attack and Ren Baokai was seriously injured.
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The United States lied that it was a "mistaken bombing" and was completely exposed by public opinion:
This incident shocked China and foreign countries. 1on may 8, 1999, the government of China issued a statement, pointing out that this act was a gross violation of China's sovereignty and a wanton violation of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations and the basic norms of international relations. This is rare in diplomatic history.
The government and people of China expressed great indignation and severe condemnation of this barbaric atrocity and protested in the strongest terms. NATO, led by the United States, must take full responsibility for this. The Government of China reserves the right to take further measures.
On the afternoon of the same day, China's Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yingfan summoned US Ambassador to China Jim Sasser and was ordered to lodge the strongest protest against the NATO missile attack on our embassy in Yugoslavia.