The bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia in 1999 was one of the humiliating incidents in the history of New China, and the US military used its most advanced B-2A bombers to carry out precision strikes on the mainland embassy.
【Remains of the Embassy in Yugoslavia】
It is simply nonsense that the B-2A, which costs as much as $2.4 billion per unit, would make such a low-level mistake in the course of war, and China and the United States have therefore engaged in a head-to-head confrontation in the international arena.
War crimes in criminal wars
The bombing of the Chinese embassy, which took place during NATO's air campaign against Yugoslavia, undoubtedly made this convicted war crime even more scandalous, and the chaos in Yugoslavia was caused by the West.
【Bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia】
The only reason why the United States wants to bomb the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which has no grievances against itself, is to strike at the euro system and warn Europe and ensure that the United States' dominant position in Europe will not waver.
However, the mainland never imagined that the United States would be so arrogant that it would even attack Europe and directly attack the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, and the bombing of other countries' embassies was completely an act of war.
The international community was deeply shocked by this incident, and even the Western media, which have always made irresponsible remarks about China, collectively silenced it, and it is clear that the US approach has broken through the bottom line of international law and morality.
【Domestic Protest Parade】
The airstrike was apparently carefully planned and prepared, with the U.S. Air Force's most advanced B-2A Phantom stealth strategic bomber dropping five JDAM joint attack munitions on the Chinese Embassy.
The huge explosion directly destroyed the embassy building, killing three mainland journalists on the spot and injuring dozens of embassy staff, and it is hard to imagine that Chinese died in US air strikes in 1999.
In the face of the mainland's solemn statement and international accusations, the US military publicly declared a few days later that the incident was a tragedy and that the attack on the Chinese embassy was a mistake, because the US military crew used an outdated military map and used the Chinese embassy as a Yugoslav military installation.
[B-2A Bomber]
Such arguments are obviously not accepted by China, the B-2A is an extremely modern bomber, and the JDAM ammunition is the latest precision strike ammunition of the year, so there is no factual basis for such accidental bombing.
More importantly, the JDAM ammunition dropped by the US military had a ground-penetrating warhead, which was obviously aimed at the underground part of the mainland embassy, and according to the gossip, the wreckage of the F-117 stealth fighter-bomber shot down by the Yugoslav Federation during the air raid was placed in the basement of the embassy.
It is likely that the Americans planned such an operation in order to prevent China from obtaining extremely sensitive stealth technology.
Of course, leaving aside the reasons for the bombing of the embassy on the mainland, such an action was originally a war crime, and China and the United States were not belligerents at that time, and attacking each other's embassy was undoubtedly an act of war.
【Domestic Protests】
In order to seek justice for the dead compatriots, the mainland opened fire at the UN meeting and strongly demanded that the United States give the Chinese people an explanation.
China and the United States go head-to-head
In fact, as soon as the bombing incident occurred, the United States sent its secretary of state to communicate with the Chinese Foreign Ministry, but the two sides did not reach an agreement, and the comrades of the foreign ministry believed that the United States had not shown any sincerity in apologizing.
As a member of the Security Council, China convened the Security Council at the United Nations to directly confront Western countries led by the United States.
Russia's position was clear and supportive, and then-President Boris Yeltsin publicly stated that Russia would do its best to support China in being treated fairly and lawfully at the Security Council.
This time, the Security Council is not only attended by the P5 countries, but also by many other countries, because after all, the confrontation and conflict between China and the United States have attracted the attention of the whole world.
The Chinese representative was the first to speak, bluntly protesting against the war crimes committed by the United States in Yugoslavia and demanding that NATO countries apologize and compensate for the victims and the Chinese embassy.
【Ruins of the Embassy in Yugoslavia】
After hearing this, the US representative was extremely arrogant and directly said that the accidental bombing was an inevitable circumstance in the course of war operations, and that they would still unswervingly carry out military operations in the future, and that they had no intention of apologizing at all.
The brazenness of the Americans made the delegates of all countries in the audience gasp, and the excuse of accidentally blowing up this was so perfunctory that no country could accept it.
The Chinese delegates immediately raised questions and repeatedly stressed the mainland's demands, that is, the United States and NATO apologize and compensate China for its losses, but the US delegates were not afraid of boiling water, and after more than three hours of the meeting, there was still no result.
The Chinese side knows very well that if it wants to make the Americans suffer on the basis of reason, it must come up with irrefutable evidence and put it on the table of the international community and use international public opinion to pressure the United States.
【Embassy Ruins】
But the question is, the United States has clearly made it clear that it has deliberately attacked the Chinese embassy, can it really leave evidence for us to find? Thanks to the continuous efforts of mainland investigators, the mainland has really found some clues.
It was the entire NATO that carried out the bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, but the US military received a mission package provided by the CIA's counter-weapons proliferation team.
The target in the mission package is a warehouse of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but the photo is an image of the Chinese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, such a five-story yellow granite building, which does not look like a so-called warehouse.
【Embassy Ruins】
After the US military received the task package, some people naturally reported this problem to their superiors, but all those who reported the problem were forced to take three days off by the higher-level units, which shows that the military top brass acquiesced to the CIA's actions.
There is no doubt that they knew very well that the target they were going to bomb was the Chinese embassy, but they just found a clumsy excuse to cover it up.
Ten days later, China's representative threw the report on the Security Council table, and more and more countries began to support China and demanded an apology and compensation from the United States.
【Demonstrations】
In the end, the incident ended with US President Clinton personally signing a letter of apology and paying $28 million in compensation to China, and the US concession means that China's strength has improved.
Sources:
【1】 20th Anniversary Festival! The Chinese Embassy commemorates the memory of the three martyrs who died in the NATO bombing. Overseas Network [Citation date: 2019-05-8]
[2] [Geng Shuang: # Chinese people will never forget the history of the bombing of the embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia #]. People's Daily.2024-03-26 [Cited 2024-03-26]