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Text of "Televised speech by Hu Jintao, member of the CCP {Chinese Communist Party} Central Committee Political Bureau Standing Committee and vice-president of the state," on CCTV at 1000 gmt on 9th May 1999"; reported by Xinhua news agency
Beijing, 9th May: Comrades and friends: Early in the morning on 8th May Beijing time, US-led NATO brazenly attacked our embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with missiles, resulting in casualties of Chinese personnel and serious destruction of the embassy building. This criminal act {Chinese: zui e xing jing 4997 1921 5887 1777} that has violated the international law and the norms governing international relations has greatly infuriated the Chinese people. In a solemn and just statement issued on that same morning, the Chinese government sternly condemns {yan li qian ze 0917 0632 6232 6307} this barbaric act of the US-led NATO, demanding that NATO be held fully accountable. Acting on the central authorities' decision, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately summoned the US ambassador to China and lodged China's strongest protest....