Were you using the wrong maps again?
- Ma Xiaotian, deputy head, PLA General Staff
The US bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade remains a stark reminder of how US actions can go...well, largely the way it
wanted them to. Not so much the attack itself, which had "accidentally" gone awry, but the American
government's control over the reporting of the attack in the media, which went exactly as the US and NATO wanted it to go, most of
it blindly parroting the US view.
According
to the US government, the attack was the result of "bombing
instructions...based on an outdated map". Ma Xiaotian, referring to a NATO attack that killed 25 Pakistani
soldiers last November, made the above priceless remark at a recent meeting of US and Chinese officials last year.
Absolutely priceless. Must've taken the wind right out of their sails.
I wonder why this didn't reach the mainstream press. Did the US government suppress it? It can if it wants to. The bigger question is why the Chinese press didn't pick up on it.
Absolutely priceless. Must've taken the wind right out of their sails.
I wonder why this didn't reach the mainstream press. Did the US government suppress it? It can if it wants to. The bigger question is why the Chinese press didn't pick up on it.
