Diplomat in the midst of war

Author: Pan Zhanlin
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: On May 7, 1999, the United States and NATO bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, resulting in three deaths, over 20 injuries, and the destruction of the embassy. This was an unprecedented and unheard-of act of barbarism in the history of human civilization. At the time, the author Pan Zhanlin served as the Chinese ambassador to Yugoslavia and, from the perspective of a first-hand witness and the commander directing the self-rescue efforts at the embassy, vividly recreates the events leading up to and following the bombing of the embassy, as well as NATO's assault on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The bombing of the Chinese embassy by NATO: it was not an indirect attack, but a direct one. How was the operation to bomb the embassy carried out? Why did the bomb targeted at the ambassador fail to detonate? Was it an accident or intentional? Analysis of the embassy bombing incident. This book will unravel these mysteries for you one by one.