What are some important events that happened in Asia around the 1990s?
I need 5 important events that occured in Asia in the 1990s. I have: -Hong Kong is returned to China -Asian financial crisis starts in Thailand -Destruction of mosque at Ayodhya Got any more?
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CHINA (mainland AND PRC) 1996: Karamay fire incident 1997: Hong Kong transferred to the People's Republic of China, first Special Administrative Region government formed; Beginning of mass poultry disposal as part of Bird Flu crisis 1998: Banning of China Democracy Party; Great Firewall of China 1999: NATO bombing of embassy; persecution of Falun Gong begins CAMBODIA 1992: A United Nations peacekeeping force, the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), began monitoring Cambodia. 1993: Cambodia held free elections. The Khmer Rouge boycotted them; A new constitution was ratified, under which the Cambodian monarchy was restored. Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne. IRAN 1990 June - A major earthquake strikes Iran, killing approximately 40,000 people. 1990 - Iran remains neutral following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. 1990 September - Iran and Iraq resume diplomatic ties. 1995 - US imposes oil and trade sanctions over Iran's alleged sponsorship of "terrorism", seeking to acquire nuclear arms and hostility to the Middle East process. Iran denies the charges. 1997 May - Mohammad Khatami wins the presidential election with 70% of the vote, beating the conservative ruling elite. 1998 September - Iran deploys thousands of troops on its border with Afghanistan after the Taleban admits killing eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-e Sharif. 1999 July - Pro-democracy students at Tehran University demonstrate following the closure of the reformist newspaper 'Salam'. Clashes with security forces lead to six days of rioting and the arrest of more than 1,000 students. IRAQ Lots went on; see here: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/iraqtimeline1.html JAPAN 1991: The Japanese "bubble economy" bursts, with stock prices declining for 10 years, erasing some trillions of dollars in wealth 1995: members of the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult uses nerve gas to kill innocents in the Tokyo subway 1995: 36 million cars are manufactured in the world, of which 7.6 million in Japan and 6.3 million in the USA, although 8.6 million cars are sold in the USA alone 1995: an earthquake kills 6,500 people in Kobe 1995: terrorists belonging to a religious sect use chemicals in the Tokyo subway 1997: the economic crisis intensifies 1997: Toyota introduces the Prius, the world's first commercially mass-produced hybrid automobile, 1997: most countries of the world agree on reducing the level of greenhouse-gas emissions in order to avoid climate changes such as global warming, (Kyoto Protocol) 1998: 38 million vehicles sold worldwide (4.5 million workers and revenues of 1.5 billion dollars) You can go through each Asian country and type into google (Name of country) + (timeline)
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