19 December 1999Rule of MacauJiang Zemin
Portugal officially returns Macau to China after 442 yrs
Historical records for China in 1999, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Portugal officially returns Macau to China after 442 yrs
Chen Shui-bian becomes the first democratically elected president of Taiwan and the first to advocate independence from Communist China
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