81. NATO and Western leaders again apologized Sunday for the strike on the Chinese embassy. 82. NATO intentionally targeted the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, demonstrators told reporters. 83. NATO leaders have correctly separated the overall mission from the terrible error at the Chinese embassy. 84. NATO said its bombs were targeting a warehouse for the Yugoslav agency that coordinates imports and exports, which is close to the Chinese embassy. 85. NATO said pilots mistook the Chinese embassy for another target. 86. Nevertheless, a Chinese embassy official has warned that diplomatic relations between New Zealand and China could suffer. 87. Officials at the Chinese embassy had no immediate comment Wednesday. 88. On Wednesday in Beijing, and also at the Chinese embassy, the U.S. allegation was flatly denied. 89. One struggled briefly with a lone Chinese embassy guard who tried in vain to block the entrance. 90. One thing to check, said the official, was to see how and why faulty intelligence led the Chinese embassy to be listed as a target. |
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