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"I Love China All My Life: The Story of Elizabeth Crook" is a reportage that reflects the century-old life of Elizabeth Crook, a recipient of the "Medal of Friendship" of the People's Republic of China, an international communist, and a centenarian. Elizabeth Crook was born in Chengdu, China, in 1915. She has personally experienced the great changes in China's history for more than a century, and witnessed the great journey of the Communist Party of China from its founding to its continuous development and growth over the past century, seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. The author Tan Kai spent three years, through a large number of interviews and field investigations, using more than 300,000 words and some precious historical pictures, to tell the story of Elizabeth Crook's growth in Huaxiba, Chengdu, China, engaged in anthropological research in Sichuan, Chongqing and other places, went to the UK with her husband David Crook to participate in the anti-fascist war and joined the Communist Party of Britain, and then returned to China's liberated areas for inspection. After the founding of New China, she devoted herself to teaching English and promoting friendly exchanges with foreign countries. As an anthropologist, international communist, educator, and pioneer of English teaching in New China, Elizabeth Crook breathed and shared the fate of the Chinese people, devoted herself to the great cause of building New China, and made outstanding contributions to China's education and friendly exchanges with foreign countries. She spent her life "showing a true and vivid China to the world and spreading the voice of peace and beauty of China."