Chinese Father Documents Life With Son Every Year of His Life for 3 Decades

1998

The year that Li turned 12, Microsoft released Windows 98, while Apple unveiled the iMac. Titanic premiered in theaters, while Disney released a new Pixar installment, A Bug’s Life, as well as Mulan, which brought the legendary tale of the Chinese heroine to light all across the world.

1998 was also the year the Three Stresses campaign was launched. Three Stresses was an ideological campaign among Communist Party members. The stresses refer to: “stress study, stress politics, stress righteousness.” The goal was the rectify some of the common corruption in the Communist Party of China, an adapt to the global economy.