But it is not the first time journalists have been deliberately targeted: Serb television was bombed during the Kosovo conflict because it was seen as an agent and advocate of state terrorism.
"What keeps you motivated to fight and go on?" Referring to barrel bombs widely used in Syria, he replies: "When you see a little girl killed by barrels or an old man crying cuz his house was bombed".
Directed by Xiao Feng and set in 1943, the film explores the plight of the people of Chongqing as they are bombed by the Japanese.
An anonymous caller phoned the public broadcaster while the first episode of The Thirty Cases of Major Zeman was being shown on Thursday to warn it that it would be bombed unless the reruns were discontinued.
Audiences, who would usually watch this sort of trash while hungover or unable to find the remote, or both, wisely stayed away and the film bombed.
Syrian air force planes bombed targets in the northern city of Aleppo yesterday, killing 15 people, including three children from one family, according to opposition sources.
Nato's intervention in 1999 saw Belgrade bombed back to the negotiating table, ending its effective control over all but a fraction of Kosovo.
