JOIE CHEN, CNN ANCHOR: Another night of heavy bombing on the Yugoslav capital. But on day 45 of the NATO campaign, in what may become a huge diplomatic problem, was the overnight assault on the new part of Belgrade which struck the Chinese embassy and plunged the rest of the city into darkness.</s>REBECCA MACKINNON, CNN BEIJING BUREAU CHIEF: There were several hundreds of people, if not thousands, angrily shouting at the U.S. because they felt that the attack had been deliberate, although the U.S. claims it had, in fact, been a mistake. The crowd became so worked up at one point, they were throwing bottles and rocks at the windows of the U.S. embassy.</s>MACKINNON: They laid a wreath in memory of the dead and presented a petition to a U.S. embassy official demanding compensation and a formal apology. The diplomat expressed his condolences. But that didn't seem to be enough to compensate for innocent lives taken, even if it was an accident. Police did little to stop people from throwing whatever they felt like. Despite NATO's insistence it hadn't meant to bomb the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, many in the crowd did not believe it.
CNN 20: NATO Bombs Chinese Embassy, May 7, 1999