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

1990

Despite the political and social unrest, father and son maintained their ritual through subsequent years. Although the Guizhou province is not close to the Chinese capital (Beijing is more north-east of where the Tian family has settled), it doesn’t mean that they weren’t adversely affected by the aforementioned events, but they clearly didn’t let these things get in the way of their happiness.

1990 was a year of damage control for China. The international community was shocked by the major loss of life and the advancing of troops on unarmed civilians in Beijing. Leadership tried to restore the appearance of unity in the country.