China News Service, March 24th: 25 years have passed since this shocking bombing, and the world and China have never forgotten it!
Author Zhang Naiyue
March 24, 25 years ago
Serbs will never forget
an act without the authorization of the Security Council
Military action
Staged in the Balkans
NATO, led by the United States
Under the banner of "human rights"
Launching brazen attacks on sovereign countries
78 days and nights
22,000 tons of bombs
Targeting the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
pour down
Roads, Factories, Bridges and Historical Landmarks
All goals
Hospitals, homes, TV stations and kindergartens
No one is spared
Data map: Serbian people commemorate the victims of NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
The sky of Yugoslavia is filled with smoke
The earth echoes with mourning
More than 2,000 innocent civilians
Died in indiscriminate bombing
Nearly a million people have been displaced
become a refugee
15-ton depleted uranium bomb dropped by NATO
give this land
bring more profound disasters
“We would choose to forgive if we could;
But only when we die can we forget! "
March 2023
Thousands of Serbian people rally
Tributes to compatriots killed in NATO bombing
"You seek to break our will by force,
But the Serbs would never surrender. "
Looking back on this painful history
Serbian President Vucic
Blame NATO for trampling on international law
Brutality breaks the peace order
Data map: The former site of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.
In this tragic air raid
There is also a day
Unforgettable to the Chinese people
Late night on May 7, 1999 (8th Beijing time)
NATO sends multiple precision-guided bombs
Dedicated to the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia
Accompanied by a loud explosion
Fires shot into the sky and thick smoke billowed
Concrete, steel bars, and glass slag splashed everywhere
Three Chinese journalists died unfortunately
Data map: Three Chinese martyrs who were killed in the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, Shao Yunhuan, Xu Xinghu, and Zhu Ying (from left).
48-year-old Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Yunhuan
Worked as a journalist in Belgrade twice
The last moment before death
Still sorting out the materials obtained from battlefield interviews
“Every time NATO bombs journalists and news dissemination facilities,
It’s all a trample on democracy.”
Two days before the death
31-year-old Guangming Daily reporter Xu Xinghu
Recorded this passage
“Journalists and media outlets around the world have a responsibility to report truthfully
Serious Consequences of NATO’s Bombing of Yugoslavia”
His wife, 28-year-old Guangming Daily reporter Zhu Ying
Once held the enthusiasm of "being a peace messenger"
Heading to the crisis-ridden Yugoslavia
But his life was taken away by the war
25 years ago
their lives
suddenly extinguished like a shooting star
Chinese people cry out loudly
"Be prepared for danger in times of peace and work hard to become stronger"
25 years later
We still cannot forget this history
Flowers are placed in front of the former site of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia
Eight solemn characters are engraved on the monument
"Remember the martyrs and cherish peace"
This is a memorial to the heroes who sacrificed their lives in a foreign country.
It is also a solemn commitment to the future
The U.S. Ambassador to Serbia posted a series of posts
Claiming that “the Serbian people will never let go of their grief,
But strong enough to let go of resentment.”
his domineering attitude
caused dissatisfaction among many netizens
Someone said it bluntly
"We never forget and we never forgive."
This blatant NATO bombing campaign
It is a "blood debt" owed to China
It also brought immeasurable losses to Yugoslavia.
But so far
NATO still has not been held accountable
On the contrary, in the nearly 30 years since then
NATO continues to activate its war machine and provoke geopolitical confrontation
Under the banner of "anti-terrorism" and "democracy"
Involved in many wars and conflicts
Data map: US military patrols oil fields in Syria.
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria...
Smoke rises wherever NATO touches
to many countries and peoples
Brought indelible damage
Start of 2024
NATO launches largest military exercises in decades
Continue to exaggerate panic
Trying to create a crisis
Maintain Western hegemony
There is no winner in conflict and confrontation
NATO, led by the United States
The zero-sum game should have been abandoned long ago
Stop creating division and unrest!
lasting peace and common prosperity
This is what the people of the world want!