Holes in the Wall

The President of the People's Republic of China dies while in office. A heart attack is the official cause of death. 

Three days later, the Politburo announces the name of the new President.

Eight months later, the CIA disguising expert who helped Rex Dalton on his last mission in China is killed in her home in Virginia. The next day, Josh Farley and his wife, Marissa, are abducted and Rex is running out of time to save them.

Then in Beijing, an office cleaner steals  candy from a bowl on a general's desk.  Two weeks later, Rex Dalton and his team help a defector escape from China and the world is heading for war.