Tag: May 7th

Victory Over French Imperialism!

Laos Budhhist-Socialist Republic: Photograph Exhibition Celebrating 70th Anniversary of “Dien Bien Phu” Victory! (7.6.2024)

Mr Vongkham said at the opening ceremony that looking back 70 years ago (May 7, 1954), which was the day of the famous historical victory of Dien Bien Phu against the old imperialism by the Vietnamese army and people, the victory of Dien Bien Phu is not only recorded in the history of the Vietnamese nation in the 20th century, but it also has the meaning and importance of world history that the people of the world and the people of Laos have never forgotten Vietnam based on the spirit of “shared food together”. With the spirit of solidarity of the people and the Lao and Vietnamese armies, and continued to be the traditional for the historic victory of the two Lao-Vietnamese nations: the “Ho Chi Minh” strategic battle to liberate and reunify the nation in 1975 and create a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity for the Lao revolution and the Lao people to seize the power and then the Lao People’s Democratic Republic was established in 1975.

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NATO Terrorism: Serbia & China Commemorate US & UK War Crime! (8.5.2023)

“Twenty-four years have passed, the international situation has undergone tremendous changes, and China and the world have also undergone earth-shaking changes. Although power politics and hegemonism are still the most profound root causes of today’s world turmoil, the forces committed to peaceful development are getting stronger and stronger,” she said.

“Now more and more countries and people agree on the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. I firmly believe that more and more countries and people will unite and work together to build a world of lasting peace and common prosperity,” Chen said.

The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia started on March 24, 1999. Over the course of 78 days, 2,500 people were killed and thousands of people more were wounded, while 25,000 homes and a third of the country’s energy sector were destroyed — often by illegal weapons such as cluster bombs and depleted uranium warheads.

On May 7, 1999, U.S.-led NATO forces carried out a brutal missile attack on the former Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, which left three journalists working there dead, more than 20 people injured, and the embassy building severely damaged.

In the place of the ruined embassy building now stands a brand new Chinese Cultural Centre, overlooking two memorial monuments that memorialize the tragedy that took place here 24 years ago.

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