National Security Report: Background and Perspective on Important National Security and Defense Policy Issues. Volume 4, Issue 2, May 2000

摘要

In recent years, the strategic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China has become increasingly strained. Relations reached a new low last year when a U.S. aircraft accidentally bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade during NATO's Operation Allied Force campaign against Yugoslavia. Despite U.S. apologies, Chinese assertions that the bombing was deliberate led to government-sponsored demonstrations, violent protests against the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and the severing of contacts between the United States and China.