nice to see you, good morning. it is fascinating to watch over the thanksgiving break. give me your top line take on how you see this developing and where it goes possibly from here. >> well, it certainly is significant. local protests are not unusual in china because they deal with local issues. what is rare here is it's a mass protest, ten cities or more, a dozen universities, and it is largely focused against the ruling chinese communist party and its leader president xi. that is significant in and of itself. you give the fact since 1989 chinese communist party has really tightened its grip on all aspects of life in china. they literally, bill, wiped out civil society as we would know it. and they have this high-tech surveillance they've imposed on their people. facial recognition being the centerpiece. gillian is right. people on the street protesting here knowing that system exists, this is an act of courage that we're seeing for certain. yes, it has significance. it doesn't mean...