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

2007

By age 21, Li had graduated film school with a degree in Film Directing, accomplishing his goals. This year, their picture was taken during the winter, which probably explains why they are wearing pants, as opposed to shorts in many of the previous photos in the series.

The same year, a drought in southwestern China threatened the drinking supply of 1.5 million people, and China signed on and approved the “Washington Declaration” that proposed a global Carbon emissions trading system. Bird flu also spread throughout China, with two human cases of the virus confirmed that year. There was also a major pet food recall in the United States after several pet deaths from tainted food imported from China.