Shao Yunhuan

邵云环

1951–1999

Xinhua News Agency Correspondent in Belgrade

Biography

Shao Yunhuan (1951–1999) was a Chinese journalist serving as the Xinhua News Agency correspondent in Belgrade. She was killed on 8 May 1999 (Beijing time) in the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, aged 47 — the oldest of the three journalists who died. Shao had been based in Yugoslavia for an extended period, reporting on the Kosovo War and the NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia; her death prompted widespread mourning in China.

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1999-05-07

NATO Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade

NATO aircraft struck the Chinese embassy in Belgrade during the Kosovo War, killing three journalists and injuring dozens; NATO called it a targeting error, but the incident unleashed nationalist protests across China and severely damaged Sino-American relations.

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