The Making of Modern China

Chinese policemen surround the U.S. embassy in Beijing
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1999: Popular Anti-Americanism
Chinese policemen surround the U.S. embassy in Beijing on May 10 to prevent demonstrators from storming the compound, following the accidental NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. Tens of thousands besieged the U.S. embassy for three days, attacking it with chunks of concrete and glasses.

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