journalists in hong kong. on taiwan beijing s actions and rhetoric brought renewed fears of a chinese attack against the south governing island and beijing strengthened ties with russia, while upsetting many of its other neighbors. what can we expect this year? elizabeth economy is the author of a new book out tuesday called the world according to china. she s on leave from her post as a senior fellow at the hoover institution to serve as senior adviser on china to the secretary of commerce. but she s speaking today in her civilian capacity. welcome, liz. thanks, fareed. great to be here. so i want to ask you, you re the person who really in some ways fundamentally alerted us to the fact xi jinping marked i very different leadership in china with a much more ambitious and in some ways more repressive and in some ways more expansionist sense of china.