Profile photo of Xinhua journalist Shao Yunhuan, who died on May 8, 1999 (Beijing time) during the U.S.-led NATO forces' missile attack on the former Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) -- It's been 22 years since the U.S.-led NATO forces carried out a barbaric missile attack on the former Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, which left three journalists dead, more than 20 people injured, and the embassy building severely damaged.
Shao Yunhuan, a Xinhua journalist, and Xu Xinghu and his wife Zhu Ying of the Guangming Daily newspaper, were killed during the attack.
We will never forget our colleague Shao Yunhuan. On this special day, we will mourn her with deep grief, learn from her bravery as a war correspondent, and pass on the professional spirit she had displayed in conducting in-depth on-site interviews in spite of various dangers and difficulties.
Officials from the Serbian government and the Chinese embassy commemorated the deaths of the three Chinese journalists during a wreath-laying ceremony on Friday.
File photo taken on July 1, 2004 shows a missile to be unearthed from the Chinese Embassy to former Yugoslavia in Belgrade. (Xinhua Photo/Ma Zhen)
File photo taken on May 15, 1999 shows Chinese students and scholars in the United States rallying to protest against the U.S.-led NATO forces' missile attack on the former Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that killed three Chinese journalists. (Xinhua/Wang Yan)
Wreaths laid by Xinhua News Agency are seen to commemorate the deaths of three Chinese journalists killed during a NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy, in Belgrade, capital of Serbia, May 7, 2021. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)
The Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Darija Kisic Tepavcevic (R, front) and Chinese ambassador to Serbia Chen Bo (L, front) mourn to commemorate the deaths of three Chinese journalists killed during a NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy, in front of a monument in Belgrade, capital of Serbia, May 7, 2021. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua) ■
