UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
East Asian Studies News File
U.S. Led NATO Forces Bomb Chinese Embassy in Belgrade
January 21, 2001
"A Payment to China for U.S. Bomb Error," Associated Press
May 1999
"People Agonized By Criminal Act" Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 8, 1999
"China Strongly Condemns NATO Bombing" Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"China Lodges Strongest Protest Against U.S.-NATO" Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"Letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China" U.S. Secretary of State
May 10, 1999
"Formal Note of 10 May to the U.S. by Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan on the Embassy Bombing" Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 27, 1999
"The Effects on U.S.-China Relations of the Accidental Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade" Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
June 17, 1999
"Oral Presentation to the Chinese Government Regarding the Accidental Bombing of The P.R.C. Embassy in Belgrade" Thomas Pickering, Under Secretary of State, U.S. State Department
"U.S. Presidents Personal Envoy in China to Present the U.S. Governments Report on Its Investigation into the Bombing of The Chinese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia--The Chinese Government Emphasizes that the U.S. Side Must Give Satisfactory Account and Explanation of the Incident" Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 23, 1999
"In a Fatal Error, C.I.A. Picked a Bombing Target Only Once: The Chinese Embassy " The New York Times
August 14, 1999
"Suspicions Still" The Economist
April 9, 2000
"C.I.A. Fires Officer Blamed in Bombing of China Embassy", The New York Times
April 11, 2000
"China Rejects U.S. Actions on Bombing of Embassy" The New York Times