and we're going to now cross to brian ho, he's a political commentator and founder of new blue magazine. he joins us from taipei in taiwan. thanks for being on the program. i mean, visits by us officials to taiwan are not uncommon, but is it the stature of this visitor that upsets china st? i think that is definitely part of it so, so there have been visits in recent memory. however, i think that this is part of it, it is that the visits is of greater stature. that glossy is next aligned in succession to the presidency after the vice president. but i also think part of it really had to do with that news of this broke much earlier after a scoop of financial types. if for example, pelosi had arrived in taiwan and it was announced only after she had gotten there, there are not be this window of opportunity for china to respond. i think also commentary on the dangers a potential dangers of the visit led at china to escalate its own actions as there has been more warning as of the possible consequences i now i think china is obligate to response in some forceful way. and so we will see somet