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Statement of the Government of the People's Republic of China
At midnight May 7, 1999, the U.S.-led NATO forces brazenly fired
three missiles from different angles on the Embassy of the
People's Republic of China in the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia. The building of the embassy was seriously damaged
and up to now two persons have been confirmed dead, two missing
and more than twenty others injured.  During over 40 days of
wanton bombing against Yugoslavia, the U.S.-led NATO forces have
inflicted great numbers of casualties of innocent civilians. Now
they have gone so far as to bomb the Chinese Embassy. This act
by NATO is a gross violation of China's sovereignty and a
willful trampling on the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations as well as the basic norms governing international
relations. This is rarely seen in the history of diplomacy.  The
Chinese Government and people hereby express their utmost
indignation and stern condemnation and