Geoff Dyer's new book, "The Contest of the Century."
After decades of rising, China has entered a new and critical phase where it seeks to unseat the United States as the world’s top global power. This battle will take place in every arena: from control of the seas, where China's new navy is trying to ease the United States out of Asia and reassert its traditional leadership, to rewriting the rules of the global economy, with attempts to turn the yuan, the Chinese currency, into the predominant international currency, toppling the dominance of the U.S. dollar.
In "The Contest of the Century," former FT Beijing Bureau Chief Geoff Dyer argues that China and the United States are now embarking on a great power-style competition that will dominate the century.
Guest:
Geoff Dyer, author of “The Contest of the Century: The New Era of Competition with China--and How America Can Win (Knopf, 2014). He is also the former Beijing Bureau Chief for the Financial Times