Embassy Bombing Martyrs Commemorated

Beijing Journalists Mourn Loss of Colleagues in Embassy Attack

The bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia on May 8 last year by the U.S.-led NATO was condemned today at a forum held in Beijing Foreign Studies University, the alma mater of Shao Yunhuan and Xu Xinghu, who were killed in the bombing.

People attending the forum expressed their strong indignation over the brutality of NATO and deep commemoration of the three Chinese journalists who were killed by NATO, calling on all young people in China to make even greater contribution to the country's reforms, development and stability.

The forum was jointly held by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, the All-China Youth Federation and the All-China Students' Federation.

Student representatives from Beijing University, Qinghua University, People's University of China, Beijing Teachers' University and Beijing Foreign Studies University attended the event.

In another development, the All China Journalists Association also held a forum Monday to commemorate the three journalists killed.

The three victims, Shao Yunhuan, Xu Xinghu and Zhu Ying, were journalists of Xinhua News Agency and Guangming Daily stationed in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Journalists from Beijing highly praised the contributions by the three journalists in exposing the crimes of the U.S.-led NATO in Yugoslavia, expressing their deep sorrow for the three martyrs and condemning NATO.