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

1993

In 1993, Li turned seven, while his father was 34. The same year, a series of earthquakes wreaked havoc on neighboring Asian countries. Off the coast of Japan, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit, launching a tsunami that killed 200 people on the island of Okushiri, Hokkaido. Earthquakes also hit in the countries of India and Indonesia, killing 10,000 and 2,200 people, respectively. In April, China Eastern Airlines Flight 583 crashed, and in June Typhoon Koryn hit China, leaving 37 people dead. The typhoon also caused $14 million in damages across the Philippines, the Caroline Islands, and the People’s Republic of China.