The 21st Century in Asia

Can you guess those events that happened during the 21st century in Asia?

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Year	What happened?	Answer
2020	The first coronavirus-related death happens in this Central Chinese city	Wuhan
2019	Nursultan Nazarbayev, leader of this country, resigns after 29 years	Kazakhstan
2018	The removal of term limits allows this Chinese president to rule indefinitely	Xi Jinping
2017	These Muslim people from Myanmar suffer from persecution	Rohingya
2016	An failed coup d'état in Turkey leads to a strengthened position of this president	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2015	Tensions between Houthis and the government lead to this war	Yemeni Civil War
2014	This airline mourns the death of 510 passengers in two different incidents	Malaysian Airlines
2013	The Ghouta attack becomes one of the deadliest attacks in this brutal war	Syrian Civil War
2012	This Tokyo observation tower is inaugurated	Tokyo Skytree
2011	UNESCO affiliates this country	State of Palestine
2010	This building, with a height of 828 m, is opened in Dubai	Burj Khalifa
2009	This Sri Lankan militant organisation ceases to exist	Tamil Tigers
2008	This country abolishes absolute monarchy and becomes a democracy	Bhutan
2007	This Pakistani Prime Minister is assassinated in Rawalpindi	Benazir Bhutto
2006	This country tests nuclear weapons for the first time	North Korea
2005	The Tulip Revolution happens in this country	Kyrgyzstan
2004	This natural disaster kills more than 220,000 people all around the Indian Ocean	Boxing Day Tsunami
2003	This capital is invaded by American troops	Baghdad
2002	The FIFA World Cup is held in two countries. Name one of them	Japan or South Korea
2001	This city, then officially entitled Calcutta, restores name	Kolkata

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