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

2001

Here are father and son in 2001 at the start of the new millennium. Li turned 15 this year and you can see he wears the same look from the previous photo. His father, now 42 in this photo, wears a grin despite the attitude Li displays in his during his teen years in this photo series. This occurs throughout the next five years, as you will see in subsequent photos.

2001 was an eventful year in China. Shenzhou 2, an unmanned spacecraft was launched, and the International Olympic Committee decided Beijing would host the 2008 summer games. That’s not all that happened.