outside the hall of the people with stephen mcdonald. are very bold measures to pump prime the economy. yes, as you mentioned, the economy. yes, as you mentioned, the national people's congress kicks off today with this marathon on speech from china's number two leader and in this government work report he runs through where china has been over the last 12 months and what it's expecting to do over the next 12 months, and, yes, the projected growth figure is a range of 6—6 projected growth figure is a range of 6-6 .5%. projected growth figure is a range of 6—6 .5%. now, that will be a slowing of the economy if that figure is real and yet it is still pretty strong by any measure. and, of course, in china now, 6% is coming offa of course, in china now, 6% is coming off a much larger base than, say, those double—digit figures we had for decades. as china's economy gets bigger it doesn't need to have such a high level of growth, if you know what i mean. of course, many people, though, question those figures, because some don't think it's that