The US-based pro-Xi Jinping Duowei News, regarded as a major media portal of China’s
overseas propaganda network, reported (March 17) that, in a press conference on March 15,
NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed that China has an obligation as a
member of the UN Security Council actually to support and to uphold international law and
join the rest of the world in condemning Russia’s invasion. In response, the spokesperson for
the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Union retorted, “We have taken
note of the relevant remarks. The Chinese people can fully relate to the pains and sufferings of
other countries because we will never forget who bombed our embassy in the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia. We need no lecture on justice from the abuser of international law. As a Cold
War remnant and the world’s largest military alliance, NATO continues to expand its
geographical scope and range of operations. What kind of role has it played in world peace and
stability? NATO needs to do some good reflection.”
(Comment: The Chinese delegate was referring to the bombing of its Embassy in Yugoslavia
by NATO forces decades ago.)
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