1998年

1998年 — 韩国: 1998年束草潜艇事件 / 中国: 月5日，中华人民共和国政府在美国纽约联合国总部签署了《公民及政治权利国际公约》 / 日本: 和歌山毒咖哩事件 / 美国: 1999 — Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: President Clinton is accused of having a sexual relationship with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This leads to the impeachment of Clinton later in the year by the U.S. House of Representatives. Clinton is acquitted of all impeachment charges of perjury and o…

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韩国大韩民国 1948–	中国中华人民共和国 1949–	日本平成 1989–2019	美国美国 1776–
1998年束草潜艇事件 11월 18일 금강산 관광이 시작KO 2월 25일 김대중 대통령 취임, 국민의 정부 출범KO 1996The Central Government Building, formerly known as the Government-General of Chōsen Building, begins to be demolished. 199711월 21일 대한민국 정부가 국제통화기금(IMF)에 구제금융을 요청 19972월 12일 황장엽 조선민주주의인민공화국 노동당서기가 대한민국으로 망명 1997The Asian Financial Crisis (or "IMF Crisis", as it was called in Korea) affects Korea 1999The DPRK promises to freeze long-range missile tests. 19996월 15일 제1연평해전이 일어남 20006월 15일 6·15 남북 공동 선언 발표	月5日，中华人民共和国政府在美国纽约联合国总部签署了《公民及政治权利国际公约》。月25日-7月3日，时任美国总统比尔·克林顿访问中国，先后前往西安、北京、上海、桂林、香港。 3月17日朱镕基就任中华人民共和国国务院总理。長江大水。月，“985工程”启动。月，“211工程”启动。 June — 1998 China floods: China experienced massive flooding including floods of the Yangtze River, the Nen River, the Songhua River and the Pearl River. The People's Liberation Army gained further respect for their actions amongst the people.EN 月-8月，长江、嫩江、松花江流域爆发特大洪灾，共造成3656人死亡（全年洪灾死亡4150人），直接经济损失2551亿元人民币。月11日，腾讯公司在深圳成立。月14日，武汉公交爆炸案造成至少16人死亡。月23日，烏魯木齊發生系列縱火案，東突解放組織成員在當地多個公共場所投放40餘枚化學自燃縱火裝置，製造出15起縱火案。月5日-19日，在第九届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，江泽民连任中华人民共和国主席，朱镕基接替李鹏成为中华人民共和国国务院总理。 1996月29日，中国进行迄今为止最后一次核试验（地下核试验），中国政府宣布次日起暂停核试验。 1996月3日，云南省丽江市发生7级地震，共有309人死亡，7.86亿（一说30.5亿）元人民币的直接损失。 1996月3日，内蒙古包头市发生6.4级地震，共造成26人死亡，虽然人员伤亡不大，但经济损失很严重。 19961996年包头地震 1996Tibetan Parliament in Exile election 1996The first direct presidential elections in Chinese history took place in Taiwan with Lee Teng-hui and the Kuomintang retaining power. 1996月21日，中国政府干预美国大选丑闻爆发。 1996月30日，中国与美国发生贸易争端。 1996第三次台灣海峽危機。中華民國舉行首次總統直選，李登辉、连战当选首任民选正副总统。 1996月-8月，超强台风贺伯（中国大陆编号：9608号）造成779人死亡。 1996月1日，《中华人民共和国计算机信息网络国际联网管理暂行规定》颁布，中国大陆网络审查启动（参见：防火长城）。 1997The term Great Firewall was coined to describe the tools of Internet censorship in China. 1997月12日-18日，中国共产党第十五次全国代表大会在北京召开，江泽民在9月19日召开的中共十五届一中全会上连任中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括李鹏、朱镕基、李瑞环、胡锦涛、尉健行、李岚清（参见：中国共产党第十五届中央委员会）。 1997July — Hong Kong handover ceremony: A ceremony marked the return of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China from the United Kingdom under the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. 1997February — Deng Xiaoping died. 1997月19日，中共第二代中央领导集体核心邓小平去世。 1997月18日，重庆直辖市正式挂牌。 1997月8日，中国南方航空3456号班机空难造成35人死亡。 19972月19日邓小平逝。7月1日香港主權移交至中華人民共和國。亚洲金融风暴。 1997月下旬，中共中央总书记、中国国家主席江泽民访问美国。 1999921大地震 1999美国轰炸中国驻南联盟大使馆事件 1999月25日，超过一万名法轮功学员前往北京中南海上访（参见：425上访事件）。 1999月，阿里巴巴集团在杭州成立。 1999月15日，第九届全国人民代表大会第二次会议对《八二宪法》进行了第三次修改，“邓小平理论”被写入宪法。 1999月，江泽民提出“西部大开发 ”，包括西电东送等项目。 1999月20日，澳门主權自葡萄牙移交至中國，澳门特别行政区建立（参见：澳门回归）。 1999July — The Chinese Communist Party declared the religious organization Falun Gong illegal. 1999李登輝提出兩國論。中共镇压法轮功。921大地震。澳门政權移交至中華人民共和國。 1999月24日，发生烟台11·24特大海难，280人遇难。 1999月24日，西南航空4509号班机空难造成61人死亡。 1999月8日，美国轰炸中国驻南联盟大使馆，导致三名中方记者死亡，时任美国总统比尔·克林顿致歉并指是误炸意外，对中方伤亡者家属及中国政府进行了赔偿，中国爆发大规模反美游行示威。 1999月20日，宣布法輪功為“非法組織”并开始大规模取缔、镇压。 1999月，厦门远华特大走私案案发，被中国官方称为建国以来涉案金额最大的集团走私案件。 2000Chen Shui-bian, the opposition candidate from the native DPP, elected president by a lead of 2.5% of votes marking the end of the KMT rule of China. Voter turnout was 82.69%; first peaceful transfer of power since the formation of the Chinese Republic in 1912 and in Taiwan since 1945. 20002000年姚安地震 2000Four Noes and One Without. 2000月25日，中国和越南签订有关北部湾地区领土划界的协定，确认白龙尾岛（中国此前称为“夜莺岛”）属于越南领土。 2000月-12月，北斗一号导航系统实现区域性的导航功能。 2000月25日，河南洛陽東都商廈火災，造成至少309人死亡，7人受傷。 2000武汉航空343号班机空难。陈水扁、吕秀莲当选中華民國正、副总统，民主進步黨首次执政。 2000月，江泽民首次提出“三个代表”。 2000月22日，武汉航空343号班机空难造成49人死亡。 2000月27日，贵州木冲沟矿难造成162人死亡。 2000China passed Japan as the country with which the United States has the largest trade deficit.	和歌山毒咖哩事件 1996애니메이션 고베 19973D龍事件 1997酒鬼薔薇聖斗事件 1997December — The Kyoto Protocol, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, was adopted. 1999下關隨機殺人事件 1999일본 자유민주당 총재 선거 1999宝可梦同人志事件 2000May — Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi dies of a mild stroke at the hospital in Tokyo at the age of 62. 20002000年鸟取地震 2000이즈 제도 북부 군발지진 2000April — Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi has a mild stroke and resigns. Yoshirō Mori becomes 90th Prime Minister of Japan.	1999 — Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: President Clinton is accused of having a sexual relationship with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This leads to the impeachment of Clinton later in the year by the U.S. House of Representatives. Clinton is acquitted of all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate trial.EN In the 1998 United States elections, the Republicans hold both the House and the Senate.EN 1996TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard. 1996U.S. presidential election, 1996: Bill Clinton is re-elected president, Al Gore is re-elected vice president. 1996Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 111. 1996Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia. 1996In Your House 6 1996In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies 1996In Your House 8: Beware of Dog 1996January 20, 1997 — President Clinton and Vice President Gore begin their second terms. 1997In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker 1997In Your House 13: Final Four 1997Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15. 1997Empire State Building shooting 1999The first officer deliberately crashes EgyptAir Flight 990 south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 217. 1999Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 1999Teenage students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murder 12 other students and one teacher at Columbine High School, sparking an international debate on gun control and bullying. 1999Terrorist Financing Convention 1999World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships 1999A violent tornado outbreak in Oklahoma kills 50 people, becoming the first one to produce $1 billion in damage. 1999The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time, at 10,006.78. 1999Along with the rest of the world, the U.S. prepares for the possible effects of the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared to cause computers to become inoperable and wreak havoc. The problem isn't as large as theorized, preparations are successful, and disaster is averted. 2000U.S. presidential election, 2000: Initial result inconclusive and the result in Florida is disputed. George W. Bush is certified president after a Supreme Court ruling. Al Gore wins the nationwide popular vote but loses the electoral college. Dick Cheney is certified vice president. 2000The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS Cole (DDG-67) is bombed in Yemeni waters, killing seventeen U.S. Navy sailors. 2000January 20, 2001 — Bush becomes the 43rd president; Cheney becomes the 46th vice president.

韩国大韩民国 1948–

中国中华人民共和国 1949–

日本平成 1989–2019

美国美国 1776–

1998年束草潜艇事件
11월 18일 금강산 관광이 시작KO
2월 25일 김대중 대통령 취임, 국민의 정부 출범KO

1996The Central Government Building, formerly known as the Government-General of Chōsen Building, begins to be demolished.
199711월 21일 대한민국 정부가 국제통화기금(IMF)에 구제금융을 요청
19972월 12일 황장엽 조선민주주의인민공화국 노동당서기가 대한민국으로 망명
1997The Asian Financial Crisis (or "IMF Crisis", as it was called in Korea) affects Korea
1999The DPRK promises to freeze long-range missile tests.
19996월 15일 제1연평해전이 일어남
20006월 15일 6·15 남북 공동 선언 발표

月5日，中华人民共和国政府在美国纽约联合国总部签署了《公民及政治权利国际公约》。
月25日-7月3日，时任美国总统比尔·克林顿访问中国，先后前往西安、北京、上海、桂林、香港。
3月17日朱镕基就任中华人民共和国国务院总理。長江大水。
月，“985工程”启动。
月，“211工程”启动。
June — 1998 China floods: China experienced massive flooding including floods of the Yangtze River, the Nen River, the Songhua River and the Pearl River. The People's Liberation Army gained further respect for their actions amongst the people.EN
月-8月，长江、嫩江、松花江流域爆发特大洪灾，共造成3656人死亡（全年洪灾死亡4150人），直接经济损失2551亿元人民币。
月11日，腾讯公司在深圳成立。
月14日，武汉公交爆炸案造成至少16人死亡。
月23日，烏魯木齊發生系列縱火案，東突解放組織成員在當地多個公共場所投放40餘枚化學自燃縱火裝置，製造出15起縱火案。
月5日-19日，在第九届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，江泽民连任中华人民共和国主席，朱镕基接替李鹏成为中华人民共和国国务院总理。

1996月29日，中国进行迄今为止最后一次核试验（地下核试验），中国政府宣布次日起暂停核试验。
1996月3日，云南省丽江市发生7级地震，共有309人死亡，7.86亿（一说30.5亿）元人民币的直接损失。
1996月3日，内蒙古包头市发生6.4级地震，共造成26人死亡，虽然人员伤亡不大，但经济损失很严重。
19961996年包头地震
1996Tibetan Parliament in Exile election
1996The first direct presidential elections in Chinese history took place in Taiwan with Lee Teng-hui and the Kuomintang retaining power.
1996月21日，中国政府干预美国大选丑闻爆发。
1996月30日，中国与美国发生贸易争端。
1996第三次台灣海峽危機。中華民國舉行首次總統直選，李登辉、连战当选首任民选正副总统。
1996月-8月，超强台风贺伯（中国大陆编号：9608号）造成779人死亡。
1996月1日，《中华人民共和国计算机信息网络国际联网管理暂行规定》颁布，中国大陆网络审查启动（参见：防火长城）。
1997The term Great Firewall was coined to describe the tools of Internet censorship in China.
1997月12日-18日，中国共产党第十五次全国代表大会在北京召开，江泽民在9月19日召开的中共十五届一中全会上连任中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括李鹏、朱镕基、李瑞环、胡锦涛、尉健行、李岚清（参见：中国共产党第十五届中央委员会）。
1997July — Hong Kong handover ceremony: A ceremony marked the return of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China from the United Kingdom under the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
1997February — Deng Xiaoping died.
1997月19日，中共第二代中央领导集体核心邓小平去世。
1997月18日，重庆直辖市正式挂牌。
1997月8日，中国南方航空3456号班机空难造成35人死亡。
19972月19日邓小平逝。7月1日香港主權移交至中華人民共和國。亚洲金融风暴。
1997月下旬，中共中央总书记、中国国家主席江泽民访问美国。
1999921大地震
1999美国轰炸中国驻南联盟大使馆事件
1999月25日，超过一万名法轮功学员前往北京中南海上访（参见：425上访事件）。
1999月，阿里巴巴集团在杭州成立。
1999月15日，第九届全国人民代表大会第二次会议对《八二宪法》进行了第三次修改，“邓小平理论”被写入宪法。
1999月，江泽民提出“西部大开发 ”，包括西电东送等项目。
1999月20日，澳门主權自葡萄牙移交至中國，澳门特别行政区建立（参见：澳门回归）。
1999July — The Chinese Communist Party declared the religious organization Falun Gong illegal.
1999李登輝提出兩國論。中共镇压法轮功。921大地震。澳门政權移交至中華人民共和國。
1999月24日，发生烟台11·24特大海难，280人遇难。
1999月24日，西南航空4509号班机空难造成61人死亡。
1999月8日，美国轰炸中国驻南联盟大使馆，导致三名中方记者死亡，时任美国总统比尔·克林顿致歉并指是误炸意外，对中方伤亡者家属及中国政府进行了赔偿，中国爆发大规模反美游行示威。
1999月20日，宣布法輪功為“非法組織”并开始大规模取缔、镇压。
1999月，厦门远华特大走私案案发，被中国官方称为建国以来涉案金额最大的集团走私案件。
2000Chen Shui-bian, the opposition candidate from the native DPP, elected president by a lead of 2.5% of votes marking the end of the KMT rule of China. Voter turnout was 82.69%; first peaceful transfer of power since the formation of the Chinese Republic in 1912 and in Taiwan since 1945.
20002000年姚安地震
2000Four Noes and One Without.
2000月25日，中国和越南签订有关北部湾地区领土划界的协定，确认白龙尾岛（中国此前称为“夜莺岛”）属于越南领土。
2000月-12月，北斗一号导航系统实现区域性的导航功能。
2000月25日，河南洛陽東都商廈火災，造成至少309人死亡，7人受傷。
2000武汉航空343号班机空难。陈水扁、吕秀莲当选中華民國正、副总统，民主進步黨首次执政。
2000月，江泽民首次提出“三个代表”。
2000月22日，武汉航空343号班机空难造成49人死亡。
2000月27日，贵州木冲沟矿难造成162人死亡。
2000China passed Japan as the country with which the United States has the largest trade deficit.

和歌山毒咖哩事件

1996애니메이션 고베
19973D龍事件
1997酒鬼薔薇聖斗事件
1997December — The Kyoto Protocol, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, was adopted.
1999下關隨機殺人事件
1999일본 자유민주당 총재 선거
1999宝可梦同人志事件
2000May — Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi dies of a mild stroke at the hospital in Tokyo at the age of 62.
20002000年鸟取地震
2000이즈 제도 북부 군발지진
2000April — Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi has a mild stroke and resigns. Yoshirō Mori becomes 90th Prime Minister of Japan.

1999 — Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: President Clinton is accused of having a sexual relationship with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This leads to the impeachment of Clinton later in the year by the U.S. House of Representatives. Clinton is acquitted of all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate trial.EN
In the 1998 United States elections, the Republicans hold both the House and the Senate.EN

1996TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard.
1996U.S. presidential election, 1996: Bill Clinton is re-elected president, Al Gore is re-elected vice president.
1996Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 111.
1996Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia.
1996In Your House 6
1996In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
1996In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
1996January 20, 1997 — President Clinton and Vice President Gore begin their second terms.
1997In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker
1997In Your House 13: Final Four
1997Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15.
1997Empire State Building shooting
1999The first officer deliberately crashes EgyptAir Flight 990 south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 217.
1999Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
1999Teenage students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murder 12 other students and one teacher at Columbine High School, sparking an international debate on gun control and bullying.
1999Terrorist Financing Convention
1999World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships
1999A violent tornado outbreak in Oklahoma kills 50 people, becoming the first one to produce $1 billion in damage.
1999The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time, at 10,006.78.
1999Along with the rest of the world, the U.S. prepares for the possible effects of the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared to cause computers to become inoperable and wreak havoc. The problem isn't as large as theorized, preparations are successful, and disaster is averted.
2000U.S. presidential election, 2000: Initial result inconclusive and the result in Florida is disputed. George W. Bush is certified president after a Supreme Court ruling. Al Gore wins the nationwide popular vote but loses the electoral college. Dick Cheney is certified vice president.
2000The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS Cole (DDG-67) is bombed in Yemeni waters, killing seventeen U.S. Navy sailors.
2000January 20, 2001 — Bush becomes the 43rd president; Cheney becomes the 46th vice president.