beijing visit and transparency demands are coming from lawmakers on continue hill joining us now is anna ashtondiscuss some of the potential implications, anna, that obviously the postponement of the secretary of state's visit seems to set back a warming of relations that people were hoping for, or at least setting the scene for an improvement where do you think that's going to ultimately leave us with regard to china? >> well, it certainly does, mike, show that the relationship is in a really challenging place when something like this can derail long-planned talks that have been in the works since basically november. those talks, there were no deliverables expected, but that's all the more reason why they should have been able to move forward and better conditions and it's also all the more reason why they were important because there are other inflection points coming up in the next few months that could also strain the relationship and make things more volatile, and having that kind of direct communication between senior leaders is necessary to ensure that doesn't happen. >> i mean, i suppos