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To my grandchildren, Maggie and Robert, who will have a dangerous future if we dont face the realities of the modern Chinese Communist Partys tyrannical rule.

After decades of misunderstanding China and its ruling Communist Party, Ive come to realize that China is a much more formidable competitor than our politicians, academics, and news media have realized. We had accepted a fantasy version of China. The truth is, the real modern China is a totalitarian communist dictatorship that wants to be the worlds dominant superpowerand the United States is in the way.

This book is a report on two strong leaders, two strong countries, two strong visionsand the competition that will decide which vision succeeds and which vision fails.

As president of the United States, Donald Trump is the leader of the free world. It is his duty and responsibility to uphold our nations values, protect our democracy, defend the rule of law, and preserve the individual rights endowed to each of us by our creator. As our commander in chief, President Trump is sworn to protect our American national identity, our way of life, and our sovereignty. The ideas of freedom and sovereignty are so important to who we are as Americans that President Trump used the word sovereign or sovereignty 21 times in his September 2017 speech to the United Nations and free or freedom 13 times.

But today, the interests, security, and values that our country cherishes, and the free world in which we are accustomed to living, is being challenged by General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party.

As general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping presides over the communist totalitarian dictatorship that has been in power since the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in October 1949. Using surveillance, control, deception, and cheating as methods for preserving the power of the Chinese Communist Partyexamples of which are provided throughout this bookGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party are constructing a different kind of world that threatens the survival of our free and sovereign nation.

To illustrate this competition, consider the words of these two leaders. Lets start with the differences put forth in the two leaders visions for the future: President Donald Trumps Make America Great Again initiative and General Secretary Xi Jinpings China Dream proposal.

President Trump at his inauguration on January 20, 2017, said:

So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words: You will never be ignored again. Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams, will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way. Together, We Will Make America Strong Again. We Will Make America Wealthy Again. We Will Make America Proud Again. We Will Make America Safe Again. And, Yes, Together, We Will Make America Great Again. Thank you, God Bless You, And God Bless America.

That is a patriotic vision of national success that looks to its people for leadership. American voices, hopes, and dreams will bring our nation to a better future. It is ultimately because of the ingenuity and effort of the American people that our nation is the world power that it is today. Putting America first and Making America Great Again starts with Americans . That is the way our countrys system was built more than two centuries ago, it is the way the US continues to prosper today, and it is how we will continue to grow stronger in the future.

Six months later, General Secretary Xi gave a speech about realizing the China Dream in July 2017, which gave his vision for Chinas future:

The whole Party must uphold socialism with Chinese characteristics and remain confident in the path, theories, system and culture of Chinese socialism, ensuring that the development of the Party and the country proceeds in the right direction. On the basis of a thorough understanding of the phases of Chinas development and the peoples aspirations for a better life, we should adopt new ideas, strategies and measures to advance the overall plan of seeking economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological progress. In our final spring towards a moderately prosperous society, we will strive for the [China] Dream of national rejuvenation through successes in Chinese socialism.

Xis vision places the socialist system above the Chinese peopleand calls on them to follow and depend on it to improve their lives. It represents a vastly different pattern of thought from President Trumps words.

Now, consider President Trumps remarks at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, in August 2017:

We can do anything, we can build anything, and we can dream anything. Its time to remember what our brave soldiers never forgot. Americans share one flag, one home, and one glorious destiny. We live according to the same law, raise our children by the same values, and we are all made by the same Almighty God.

As long as we remember these truths, as long as we have enough strength and courage in ourselves, then there is no challenge too great, no task too large, no dream beyond our reach. We are Americans, and the future belongs to us. The future belongs to all of you.

Here again, the ownership of Americas future success belongs to all of you. By contrast, during a speech on May 22, 2019, Xi described each generation of Chinese people as being on their own Long March. The Long March refers to the Chinese communists more than 4,000-mile-long retreat from their Nationalist opponents during Chinas civil war. The Long March is historically referred to with a sense of pride by the Chinese Communist Party, as this yearlong determined effort led to the rise of Mao Zedong as the central communist leader. Mao eventually established the Peoples Republic of China that today is ruled by the Chinese Communist Party.

According to Xi, each generation engages in its own long march to slowly move the country. It is arduous, difficult, and requires great sacrifices from the Chinese people. Xi said there was no easy path to realizing a great ideal and that [t]here can be no room for any desire for ease and comfort, any desire to avoid the fight, any arrogance and complacency, or any lack of drive to carry on forging ahead. He had specific instructions for the Chinese people for succeeding in their current long march to achieve two Chinese Communist Partydetermined centenary goals: