China Protesters Attack US Embassy ..c The Associated Press By JOHN LEICESTER BEIJING (AP) -- More than a thousand demonstrators attacked the U.S. Embassy in Beijing with rocks, smashed up embassy cars and scuffled with hundreds of police officers today in a protest over the accidental NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. Police pushed back demonstrators who tried to ram a van and hurl a burning American flag through the embassy gate. Protesters used pieces of concrete that had been left in piles by workers rebuilding sidewalks to break many of the windows in embassy buildings spread over one block. A group of protesters tried to set a car on fire and started shoving police who stopped them. Several cars were smashed with chunks of concrete. AP-NY-05-08-99 0917EDT Copyright 1998 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without prior written authority of The Associated Press.
