This week China's Shizhing Ping and Russia's Vladimir Putin inaugurated a new era of partnership

just before Taiwan inaugurates a new president on Monday.

A new book argues that Taiwan is at the center of China's challenge to US power and

influence in Asia. Here's Nick Schifran. The Biden administration calls China, the only

country in the world with the will, intent, and military strength to change the world order.

It says China threatens the US and allied interests all over the world.

And now the US's national security strategy

prioritizes confronting China. How did Washington and Beijing get to this point?

How strong are Washington, Beijing compared to each other, and how should the U.S. approach its relationship

to China? Those questions are at the heart of a new book, World on the Brink.

How America can beat China in the race for the 21st century.

The author is Dimitri Alperovich with Garrett Graf.

Dimitri joins me.

Dimitri, thanks very much.

Welcome back.

Thank you.

You'd start the book with a scenario.

It's right after election day, 2028, and Beijing decides to invade

Taiwan. Is that the future we're headed toward? Well look I think that period of 2028

potentially through 2032 when you could see

she jimping at the twilight of his power he's going to be 79 in 2032 when he's

up for Communist Party election once again and I believe that he wants to do it on his own watch.

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