Li Binlun moved to Hong Kong from China with his family in the early 1950s because they were worried about what would happen after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had taken over China. However, with no money to live on, he went to Taiwan and joined the Taiwanese army for sustenance. He relates his journey through life in the army and then as a commercial airline pilot and his current life in America.
A repeat performance is now happening in Hong Kong. With the CCP forcibly implementing the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong and the 2019 anti-extradition protests fizzled after the NSL was implemented on June 30, 2020. Hong Kong has not been the same since then.