This is CBS. I'm the world. I'm John Batcha with Albridge Colby, the author of the new

book, The Strategy of Denial. American defense in an age of great power conflict. We turn

to Beijing's point of view, the theoretical coalition arranged by the United States and

its allies, naming Australia India. There are pieces of this coalition, X and right

now, the Quad, India, Australia, Japan and the United States, the new orchestra, Australia,

the United Kingdom and the United States, Anzac, the American, New Zealand and Australia,

and others, a bilateral defensive arrangement with Japan and other allies, Japan with

a alliance in some fashion with Vietnam. All of these things, however, the larger coalition,

the faces Beijing. Beijing has to assume all of these things are part of the anti-Hajamanic,

anti-Beijing power and ambition. So we look at Beijing's best strategy. Hide and bide is

the possibility was a possibility. What does that mean, Bridgian? Has Beijing quit that

or is it continuing?

Hide and bide was the line that Deng Xiaoping, the admonition he gave to Chinese leaders

and so forth, I think in the 1970s. It was hide your capabilities and bide your time.

So basically, the idea being, let's grow, let's get rich and then we'll be powerful and

then everyone will have to respect us to keep a low profile for as long as possible. In

a sense, this is kind of what the United States did in the 19th century with a few exceptions.

The end result, if you're successful, is people suddenly realize, oh my gosh, this is a

dominant power, we just have to deal with it. Beijing abandoned it more or less about starting

probably about 10 years ago, certainly with Xi Jinping's accession of power, to become

much more aggressive and belligerent. The thing about that is that I don't think China

can go back. Once people have seen that China is going to behave this way, once it's so

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