- The DPRK promises to freeze long-range missile tests.EN
- 6월 15일 제1연평해전이 일어남KO
- 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
- 19981998年束草潜艇事件
- 199811월 18일 금강산 관광이 시작
- 19982월 25일 김대중 대통령 취임, 국민의 정부 출범
- 20006월 15일 6·15 남북 공동 선언 발표
- 200111월 25일 국가인권위원회 설립
| - 921大地震
- 美国轰炸中国驻南联盟大使馆事件
- 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）。
- 月，阿里巴巴集团在杭州成立。
- 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。
- 月，江泽民提出“西部大开发 ”，包括西电东送等项目。
- 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）。
- July — The Chinese Communist Party declared the religious organization Falun Gong illegal.EN
- 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。
- 月24日，发生烟台11·24特大海难，280人遇难。
- 月24日，西南航空4509号班机空难造成61人死亡。
- 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。
- 月20日，宣布法輪功為“非法組織”并开始大规模取缔、镇压。
- 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。
- 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。
- 1998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》。
- 1998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。
- 19983月17日朱镕基就任中华人民共和国国务院总理。長江大水。
- 1998月，“985工程”启动。
- 1998月，“211工程”启动。
- 1998June — 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.
- 1998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。
- 1998月11日，腾讯公司在深圳成立。
- 1998月14日，武汉公交爆炸案造成至少16人死亡。
- 1998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。
- 1998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。
- 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.
- 2001月15日 ，“上海合作组织 ”在上海成立。
- 2001中俄睦邻友好合作条约
- 2001中美撞机事件
- 2001月1日，百度公司在北京中关村成立，创立百度搜索引擎。
- 2001世界貿易組織第四次部長級會議
- 2001Central Tibetan Administration general election
- 20012001年中國國民黨主席選舉
- 2001月1日，中华人民共和国第五次全国人口普查显示中国总人口达12.45亿。
- 2001January — Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident: Five declared by Chinese government members of Falun Gong may have burned themselves to death in Tiananmen Square.
- 2001月18日-20日，时任美国总统小布什访华，出席上海APEC领导人会议。
- 2001月17日，广西南丹矿难造成81人死亡。
- 2001月，第21屆夏季大學生運動會在北京舉辦，這是中國首次主辦世大運。
- 2001月，中华人民共和国劳改制度被取消。
- 2001南海撞机事件。天安门自焚事件。张学良逝。北京举办夏季世界大学生运动会。中华人民共和国加入世界贸易组织。
- 2001月16日，河北省会石家庄市发生了一起重大爆炸刑事案件，造成死亡108人、38人受伤。
- 2001月13日 ，中国北京赢得2008年奥林匹克运动会主办权。
| - 下關隨機殺人事件
- 일본 자유민주당 총재 선거EN
- 宝可梦同人志事件
- 19973D龍事件
- 1997酒鬼薔薇聖斗事件
- 1997December — The Kyoto Protocol, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, was adopted.
- 1998和歌山毒咖哩事件
- 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.
- 2001附屬池田小學事件
- 2001July — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the House of Councillors election.
- 2001World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships
- 2001April — Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori resigned and Junichiro Koizumi become 91st Prime Minister of Japan.
- 2001（平成13年)
| - The first officer deliberately crashes EgyptAir Flight 990 south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 217.EN
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against WomenEN
- Teenage 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.EN
- Terrorist Financing ConventionEN
- World Short Track Speed Skating Team ChampionshipsEN
- A violent tornado outbreak in Oklahoma kills 50 people, becoming the first one to produce $1 billion in damage.EN
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time, at 10,006.78.EN
- Along 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.EN
- 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
- 19981999 — 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.
- 1998In the 1998 United States elections, the Republicans hold both the House and the Senate.
- 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.
- 2001아메리칸 항공 11편 테러 사건
- 2001유나이티드 항공 93편 테러 사건
- 2001아메리칸 항공 77편 테러 사건
- 2001유나이티드 항공 175편 테러 사건
- 2001Patriot Act, increasing law enforcement agencies' ability to conduct searches in cases of suspected terrorism. Agencies were enforced.
- 2001American Airlines Flight 587 crashes in Queens, New York, killing 265.
- 2001No Child Left Behind Act education reform bill passed.
- 2001Nisqually earthquake
- 2001Anthrax attacks kill 5 and infect a further 17 through the U.S. Mail system.
- 2001The United States launches the invasion of Afghanistan marking the start of Operation Enduring Freedom.
- 2001Congress passes an emergency bailout package for the airline industry as a result of the attacks
- 2001Democrats gain narrow control of Senate after Jim Jeffords defects from the Republican Party.
- 2001Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 institutes large tax cuts.
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