Zhu Ying

朱颖

1969–1999

Guangming Daily Correspondent in Belgrade

Biography

Zhu Ying (1969–1999) was a Chinese journalist serving as the Guangming Daily correspondent in Belgrade and the wife of Xu Xinghu. She was killed on 8 May 1999 (Beijing time) in the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, aged 29, alongside her husband.

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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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