“JiLong Rao’s compelling new memoir works on at least two levels. On one level, his vivid, coming-of-age account of everyday life in Mao’s China before, during, and after the Cultural Revolution should be enough to shake Americans from their slumber. As an independent-minded student JiLong was punished with forced labor in the coal mines even before the Cultural Revolution and saw much worse unfold when the revolution was unleashed. Rao’s experience gives his observations on present day China—and contemporary America—a depth and maturity few westerners could hope to match. The long march through our institutions, here or there, is far from over. Yes, he warns us, it can happen here.”
— Jack Cashill, author, documentary producer, and American studies Ph.D.
“This book is a must read for anyone interested in the true nature of the Chinese Communist regime–which should be everyone. Its brutality is difficult to describe and even more difficult to believe until you hear it from someone who has witnessed and experienced it firsthand. This book is especially timely right now as the Chinese Communists have aggressively spread their influence worldwide, and especially targeting the United States. They are a devious and malevolent foe to all free nations, and a threat to world peace. JiLong Rao has done the world a great service in writing this book. I hope we all can heed its warning.”
— James Simpson, author, economist, businessman, and investigative journalist.
“This is an extraordinary book by a remarkable man. JiLong Rao tells a very human and personal story against the backdrop of tumultuous world events. This is a story about the triumph of the human spirit—and a warning about our current path. I highly recommend it.”
— Peter Schweizer, political consultant, author, and founder of the Government Accountability Institute.
About the endorsers
Jack Cashill is an author and documentary producer. He has written for Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, American Thinker, WND, The American Spectator, the Washington Times, and serves as executive editor for Ingram’s, a regional business magazine. Jack Cashill has published fifteen books under his own name and collaborated discreetly on twenty others. Those include “Unmasking Obama: The Fight to Tell the True Story of a Failed Presidency” (2020) and “Untenable: The True Story of White Ethnic Flight from America’s Cities” (2023). His most recent book “ASHLI: The Untold Story of the Women of January 6” was published in May 2024.
Jack Cashill has a Ph.D. from Purdue University in American studies, has taught media and literature at Purdue and at Kansas City area universities, and served as a Fulbright lecturer in France.
James Simpson is an economist, businessman, investigative journalist and author. His book “Who Was Karl Marx? The Men, the Motives and the Menace Behind Today’s Rampaging American Left” (2021) provided wealth of previously unreleased materials based on the author’s 37 years of experience studying the Left. His most recent book “Manufactured Crisis: The War to End America” was published in September 2024. He was a former candidate for the US Congress in 2020, and in his earlier career worked as an economist and budget analyst for the White House Office of Management and Budget. Since 1995, he has written nonfiction articles for various periodicals based on his experiences in government and business and a longstanding avocation in military/intelligence history and policy.
James Simpson received his master’s degree in economics from the University of Delaware and taught at the university as an adjunct instructor.
Peter Schweizer is an American political consultant, investigative journalist and author. He has published more than twenty books so far. Peter Schweizer’s most recent book is the #1 New York Times bestselling “BLOOD MONEY: How the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye to China Killing Americans” (February 2024). His books have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list eight times, including for “Red Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win” (2022), as well as “Profiles in Corruption” (2020), “Secret Empires” (2019) and “Clinton Cash” (2016) et al.
Peter founded the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) in 2012, Previously, he was a consultant to the Office of Presidential Speechwriting in the White House for President George W. Bush. He has also served as a member of the Ultra terrorism Study Group at the U.S. government’s Sandia National Laboratory and is a former consultant to NBC News. His books have been translated into eleven languages and he is a frequent guest commentator on television networks, radio talk shows, and podcasts. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, National Review, and elsewhere. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs.
Peter Schweizer received his M.Phil. from Oxford University and his B.A. from George Washington University.