0 years old
I was born a girl in a village in China's Liaoning Province, not
far from the city of Shenyang.

My parents have named me Bao. My surname is Bai. My
mother, Ru-ping, is 29 and my father, Zuo, is 35. I have a
brother, Ching, who is 1.

1 year old
2 years old
Sporadic localized fighting in Guangdong province.

3 years old
4 years old
I've had measles.

Peace.

My brother Ching began school.

5 years old
My brother Ching has trichuriasis (whip worm).

6 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 2,115 people have
died and 15,000,000 others have been affected.

My family and I were not directly affected.

Began school.

My brother Ching has been cured of trichuriasis.

7 years old
8 years old
9 years old
10 years old
11 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 367 people have
died and 24,000,000 others have been affected.

My family and I were not directly affected.

12 years old
13 years old
Lied to avoid offending a friend.

14 years old
Cleaned up someone else's mess.

Met a new boy I like very much, named Woo Feng.

Rejected by Woo Feng.

15 years old
My brother's girlfriend Ru-ping has graduated from secondary
school.

16 years old
Decided not to smoke cigarettes.

Met a new boy I like very much, named Bo Kang.

Decided not to pursue a relationship with Bo Kang.

My mother has arthritis of the knee.

My brother Ching has graduated from secondary school.

My brother's girlfriend Ru-ping has hookworm.

17 years old
My brother's girlfriend Ru-ping has been cured of
ancylostomiasis.

18 years old
Graduated from secondary school.

Met a new boy I like very much, named Da Mao.

Decided not to pursue a relationship with Da Mao.

Need to look for a job.

Began work as a nursing aid.

19 years old
Decided not to smoke cigarettes.

Met a new boy I like very much, named Cong Tak-wai.

We've begun seeing each other.

My brother Ching has moved out on his own.

Chen Ru-ping and my brother Ching have married.

20 years old
Decided not to smoke cigarettes.

Cong Tak-wai broke off our relationship.

Met a new man I like very much, named Sang Zi-yang.

Decided not to pursue a relationship with Sang Zi-yang.

My mother has diabetes.

21 years old
Arrested by security forces for anti-government activities.

Tortured by security police.

Released by security police.

22 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 1,092 people have
died and 16,000,000 others have been affected.

My family and I were not directly affected.

23 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 723 people have
died and 21,000,000 others have been affected.

My family and I were not directly affected.

24 years old
25 years old
26 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 147 people have
died and 20,000,000 others have been affected.

My family and I were not directly affected.

Lost my job due to my political activities.

Need to look for a job.

27 years old
Arrested by security forces for anti-government activities.

Tortured by security police.

Sentenced to 7 years in prison.

28 years old
29 years old
30 years old
31 years old
My father has arthritis of the knee.

32 years old
33 years old
Xian born to Chen Ru-ping

34 years old
Released from prison.

My mother has died at age 64 from diabetes.

Wei-min born to Chen Ru-ping

35 years old
Began work as a special education teaching aid.

Decided to look for a job.

Met a new man I like very much, named Liang Wei.

We've begun seeing each other.

36 years old
37 years old
Arrested by security forces for anti-government activities.

Tortured by security police.

Released by security police.

Liang Wei broke off our relationship.

38 years old
Lost my job due to my political activities.

Arrested by security forces for anti-government activities.

Sentenced to 5 years in prison.

39 years old
My brother Ching's wife Ru-ping has been cured of
depression.

40 years old
I have hookworm.

41 years old
Cured of ancylostomiasis.

42 years old
43 years old
Released from prison.

44 years old
45 years old
Began work as a subsistence farmer.

Decided to look for a job.

I have hookworm.

A famine or food shortage has hit China. 3,115 people have
died and 23,000,000 others have been affected.

My family and I were not directly affected.

46 years old
Cured of ancylostomiasis.

My father has been cured of arthritis of the knee.

47 years old
Met a new man I like very much, named Su Wei-kang.

We've begun seeing each other.

48 years old
My father has died at age 84 from cataracts.

My brother Ching has hookworm.

49 years old

My brother Ching has been cured of ancylostomiasis.

50 years old
Decided to give some money to charity.

Ended relationship with Su Wei-kang.

51 years old
Donated to a disaster relief charity.

My brother Ching has died at age 53 from a stroke.

52 years old
Met a new man I like very much, named Jiang Feng.

Rejected by Jiang Feng.

53 years old
54 years old
Receiving public assistance.

55 years old
Sporadic localized fighting in Sichuan province.

Invested 900 yuan in mutual fund.

56 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 465 people have died and 27,000,000 others have been affected.

I was not directly affected.

57 years old
58 years old
59 years old
Met a new man I like very much, named Cheung Jing-bo.

Decided not to pursue a relationship with Cheung Jing-bo.

60 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 17 people have died and 42,000,000 others have been affected.

I was not directly affected.

Met a new man I like very much, named Chang Kuang-yin.

Decided not to pursue a relationship with Chang Kuang-yin.

61 years old
Cashed in 591 yuan from mutual fund.

62 years old
Helped out an indigent person.

63 years old
Receiving public assistance.

Began work as a nursery school aid.

64 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 207 people have died and 33,000,000 others have been affected.

I was not directly affected.

65 years old
66 years old
67 years old
68 years old
69 years old
Retired.

70 years old
71 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 3,110 people have died and 26,000,000 others have been affected.

I was not directly affected.

Peace.

72 years old
73 years old
74 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 1,116 people have died and 18,000,000 others have been affected.

I was not directly affected.

75 years old
76 years old
77 years old
78 years old
79 years old
80 years old
81 years old
82 years old
I have arthritis of the knee.

83 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit China. 8 people have died and 19,000,000 others have been affected.

I was not directly affected.

84 years old
85 years old
I died from an infection.