Yinhe Incident
The 1993 Yinhe Incident (Chinese: 银河 号 事件) was based on the false assumption by the United States government that the Chinese container ship Yinhe (银河; “Milky Way”) was carrying chemical weapons materials to Iran . The US Navy prevented the Yinhe from entering port in the international waters of the Indian Ocean for almost a month. The final inspection report signed by the US concluded that there was no chemical weapon material on board. However, the US government refused to apologize "because the United States responded to intelligence information in good faith" and may have fallen for Chinese provocation in the process. After that, nationalism increased in China, although the Chinese government tried to downplay the effect and improve economic ties with the US. A 2001 report by the US House of Representatives concluded that the Yinhe incident in China "has been repeatedly cited as a case of international bullying by the United States".
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Individual evidence
- ↑ As evidence, it was cited that China itself had publicized the incident and that China subsequently announced that it had proposed an investigation by third parties: "No chemical arms aboard China ship" , New York Times , September 6, 1993.
- ↑ US House report, page 49. ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
