Serbia and China mark 25 years since NATO bombed Chinese embassy in Belgrade

(7 May 2024)
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ARCHIVE: Belgrade, Serbia - 7 May 1999
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1. Smoke rising from Chinese embassy building in Belgrade
2. Fire raging from inside embassy
3. Fireman outside embassy on ladder
4. Fireman on ladder and balcony
5. Destroyed windows of the embassy
6. Smoke from the embassy building
7. Mid of an ambulance
8. Close of Chinese flag
9. Wide of embassy
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Belgrade, Serbia - 4 May 2024
10. Skyscraper with huge Chinese flag hanging on side
11. Mid of Chinese flag on a skyscraper
12. Man fixing flag to building
13. Close of Chinese star on flag
14. Memorial outside former building of Chinese embassy
15. Close of memorial
16. Close of memorial plaque
17. Close of flowers
18. Chinese tourists arrive at memorial
19. Chinese tourist poses for photo
20. Chinese tourists take photos with their phones
21. Chinese tourists pay respects to victims
22. Mid of Chinese Emperor outside building of the former embassy
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Brussels, Belgium - 3 May 2024
23. Various of Sven Biscop, Professor of European Foreign and Security Policy at the Ghent University and Egmont Institute, working at his desk
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Sven Biscop, Professor of European Foreign and Security Policy at the Ghent University and Egmont Institute:
"We will probably never really conclusively know either way (if the bombing was intentional or an accident). But, one thing is, sure, in war, incidents like that do happen, and I usually tend to go for the most simple explanation rather than try to invent complicated theories. So I would say that that the idea of an accident is most likely."
25. Cutaway of professor working
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Sven Biscop, Professor of European Foreign and Security Policy at the Ghent University and Egmont Institute:
"Imagine that somebody would, even by accident, strike an American embassy somewhere around the world, and the reaction would be immediate. So for a country like China it is also clear that, that this is a big thing. And of course, it has not been forgotten. But maybe also to some extent, its memory is kept somewhat, artificially alive so that one can sort it whenever it is felt necessary, to put some pressure. But basically, I think this should not now, 25 years later, be allowed to stand in the way of improved relations between China and the United States."
27. Cutaway of professor working
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ARCHIVE: Belgrade, Serbia - 8 May 1999
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28. Exterior of destroyed building of Chinese embassy
29. Mid of embassy and front gates
30. Mid of Chinese flag
31. Close of Embassy sign
32. Poster showing three victims killed at the bombing
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Belgrade, Serbia - 6 May 2024
33. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Zoran Drakulic, driver for the former Prime Minister of Serbia, Mirko Marjanovic:
"As I was driving the prime minister of Serbia at that time, Mirko Marjanovic, I was very well aware of those events (bombing of the embassy). We did expect China to react at that time, some reaction...Why there was no reaction - we don't know that to this day. Time will tell. But that was a test for China. As well as for Russia and other countries. Normally, we expected Russia to help us at that time...We were surprised by Russia's inaction. We expected S300 rockets to arrive from Russia, but they didn't come. Information was that they were coming"
34. Monument of Chinese Emperor outside building of the former embassy, now a Chinese Cultural Centre
35. Building on the site of the former embassy and now a new Chinese Cultural Centre.
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