This should be a reminder for the alliance to rethink its unfriendly strategy towards the country, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said
Chinese authorities have remembered that more than 20 years ago the NATO bombing in Yugoslavia incurred a “bloody debt” to Beijing, and it should be a reminder for the alliance to rethink its unfriendly strategy towards the PRC. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said this on Friday.
The diplomat recalled that in 1999, Washington, “disregarding international legal norms”, began bombing Yugoslavia.
“Many people died, among them three Chinese journalists”, – the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman stressed.
“NATO has recently turned against China <…> and listed us as a ‘challenge'”, – Hua Chunying told a regular briefing. – “We would like to remind the alliance of its bloody debt to the Chinese people.”
According to Hua Chunying, the dead can no longer be brought back, but for the living these sacrifices “should be a reminder and a reason to reflect”.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that the North Atlantic Alliance should “take into account the significance of China’s rise for its security” as Beijing “builds up its conventional and nuclear military capabilities” and, according to the organisation, “resorts to threatening tactics against its neighbours”.