it calls its own internal affairs it also accused london of violating pasta agreements the chinese embassy beijing maintains that the passing of the new security law was necessary to prevent the repetition of violent protests that paralyzed hong kong for months but few on the streets of hong kong buy into that narrative some already say they are ready to accept britain's offer to meet there if possible for dialogue gives us one more way out i still love him come very much but our reapply for the british mission overseas passport 1st and decide whether to stay or leave after the details are confirmed. but not everyone is eligible to apply for citizenship some people will have to stay in hong kong and learn to live with the new reality. people across the globe are grappling with the coronavirus pandemic another of the world's species is being afflicted with its own sudden wave of unexplained death authorities in botswana are trying to figure out why hundreds of elephants have been found dead in recent months one conservationist says it is alarming because there doesn't seem to be any clear side of w

secretary of state nor official response from beijing as yet but the chinese embassy in the u.s. has released a statement firmly opposing it saying that the us is completely disregarding all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace in the region by engaging in dialogue and negotiation with all the different parties it says the u.s. is exaggerating the problem as well as deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors and it goes on to accuse the u.s. itself of being aggressive of flexing its muscles and the so-called pretense of freedom of navigation exercise and inciting confrontation now it is true that the u.s. has been increasing its freedom of navigation operations in recent months just last month in june we had 3 u.s. aircraft carriers circling the region and it's quite rare to have that many at one time and they doing so that this was a serious provocation the u.s. for its part is saying it's only responding to increased activity by beijing in the region that beijing has been undertaking this under the court cover of the corvette 19 pandemic we

secretary of state nor official response from beijing as yet but the chinese embassy in the u.s. has released a statement firmly opposing it saying that the u.s. is completely disregarding all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace in the region by engaging in dialogue and negotiation with all the different parties it says the u.s. is exaggerating the problem as well as deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors and it goes on to accuse the u.s. itself of being aggressive of flexing its muscles and the so-called pretense of freedom of navigation exercise and inciting confrontation now it is true that the u.s. has been increasing its freedom of navigation operations in recent months just last month in june we had 3 u.s. aircraft carriers circling the region and it's quite rare to have that many at one time and they doing said that this was a serious provocation the u.s. for its part is saying it's only responding to increased activity by beijing in the region that beijing has been undertaking this under the court cover of the corvette $1000.00 pa

secretary of state nor official response from beijing as yet but the chinese embassy in the u.s. has.

red line for the furious about this statement we haven't heard from beijing as yet but we have had a statement by the chinese embassy in the us now it says that it firmly opposes what the u.s. secretary of state has been saying that the u.s. is completely dismissing all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace and stability in the region including buying gaging various parties in negotiations ending dialogue it also says the u.s. is stocking up tensions exaggerating the issue and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors then beijing goes on to accuse the u.s. itself of being aggressive in the region of a flexing its own muscles under what it calls the pretext of freedom of navigation exercises and it says the u.s. is actually inciting confrontation in the region now it is true that the u.s. freedom of navigation exercises have been ramping up especially in recent months and just last month we saw 3 u.s. aircraft carriers at one point circling the region and it's quite right to have that many at one time and beijing saw this as a provocation but the u.s. says it's only responding to

chinese embassy in washington has accused the u.s. of trying to stir up trouble in the region the training here has more from beijing . we're expect to hear from china's foreign ministry spokesperson shortly but we've already had a statement from the chinese embassy in the u.s. saying that it firmly oppose the opposes this that the u.s. is not taking into account any of the efforts that beijing has made to maintain peace and stability in the region including by reaching out to all the people involved for dialogue and negotiation it says that the u.s. has been exaggerating the problems and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors the world health organization is warning too many nations are heading in the wrong direction coronavirus cases top $15000000.00 it says there will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future the number of carbon 1000 related deaths in latin america is now exceeding those in north america it's the world's 2nd west hit region almost 145000 people have died there 3300000 are infected and face coverings will become compulsory for shoppers in england from july 24th t

warning by china's embassy that a pneumonia outbreak more deadly than corona virus is ripping through the central asian country in an alert for a chinese citizens on the embassies websites beijing warned if a disease with a death rate far higher than covert 19 but later remove that part from the statements it also said that the outbreak had killed nearly $800.00 people this year including $628.00 in june alone but the ministry says claims reported in chinese media do not correspond with reality the world health organization hasn't ruled out that the outbreak might actually be cases of co with 19 saturday marks 25 years since this robber nature massacre where the 88000 muslim men and boys were murdered in 1905 by bosnian serb troops it was the worst crime of the war and remains the only mass killing on european soil since the 2nd world war to be ruled a genocide while most of the remains have been recovered the remains of many victims still haven't been found so again go reports an expanse of grave stones each one a victim of the genocide perpetrated here a quarter of a century ago. the fathers grandfathers brothers uncles and sons of stephanie. those they left behind come to pr

chinese embassy in washington has accused the u.s. are trying to stir up trouble in the region katrina you has more now from beijing. china all issues of territory are a red line and they are they've become farias at this statement now we haven't heard from beijing as yet but we have had a statement from the chinese embassy in the u.s. quite a lengthy statement saying that they firmly oppose the u.s. secretary of state's comments saying that he's trying to stir up trouble in the region that he's intentionally sowing discord between china and its neighbors and that is also exaggerating the problems in the region the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to adhere to basic health care precautions says too many nations are heading in the wrong direction as the number of infections worldwide passes $13000000.00 prescriptions are being reimposed in the u.s. state of california to combat a surge in corona virus infections businesses including gyms bars and movie theaters have all been told to close it's one of several u.s. states which have seen a spike in cases. thousands o

chinese airports. longer term, u.s. officials say they want to rpruce their fot in china. in addition to the beijing embassy, the u.s. five consulates on the chinese mainland, and the hong kong consulate. senior oicials say they've acpted the likely permanent closure of one consulate, and intend to move it elsewh asia. foreign ministry spokeswoman wang wenbin warned of that likely closure today. >> ( translated ): china strongly condemns the decision and urges the u.s. side toel immedirecall the wrong ilcision. otherwise, chinatake legitimate and necessary countermsures. >> schifrin: publicly, chineseem diplomatasize mutual respect and criticize u.s. policy as self-defeating. foren minister wang yi gave major speech on july 9. >> ( translated ): the current based on ill-inforrategicis miscalculation, and is fraught with emotions and whims, and mccarthyist bigotry. its suspicion abt china, which is totally uncalled for, has reached a point of paranoia. >> schifrin: but the administration is clear, it will continue to target and penalize china until its behavior changes. laafter beijing passed legon that restricted hong

china's foreign ministry says its embassy in the united states received death threats because of beijing hysteria whipped up by the trump ministration to the u.s. the chinese consulate in houston 72 hours to shut down. great to have you with us this is r.t. international. anger over the deployment of federal forces to the u.s. city of portland shows no sign of dying down president donald trump's decision to send in the troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of anti-racism protests only to the situation. i. guess you're. right. the mayor of poland was tear gassed by federal agents as he stood with protesters. claims that he's lost control of the city how we get over it doesn't that as i've already asked the time for the destruction to remove federal forces from all hold concerts and the 2 other u.s. cities so just discourse today from the place of the loudest since the arrival of the right. you all chicago's merit as citizens to inform the police of any unconstitutional actions committed by federal forces earlier trumpet outs that hundreds of troops would be deployed to chicago. i think in their own way they want us to go and they'll be a time where they're go

foreign ministry says its embassy in united states received death threats because of the anti beijing mysteria whipped up by the trumpet ministration to the us gave the chinese consulate in houston 72 hours in which to shut down. here in moscow great to have you with us this is our. first is our anger over the deployment of armed federal forces to the u.s. city of portland shows no sign of dying down president donald trump's decision to send in the troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of anti-racism protests is only aggravated the situation. i. think you are right i want. to get. there as long as your god will give me. all the merit of paul and there was tear gassed by federal agents as he stood with protesters around task claims he's lost control of the city but over a dozen men as have already asked the trump of ministration to remove federal forces from or hope plans to send them to other american cities protesters calls today from the police have gotten louder since the arrival of federal agents. he was chicago's mayor is a good citizens to inform the police of any unconstitutional actions committed by federal forces earlier trump announced that hundreds

foreign ministry says its embassy in the united states received death threats because of the beijing hysteria up with by the trump administration that's after the u.s. gave the chinese consulate in houston 72 hours to shut down. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. anger over the deployment of armed federal forces to the u.s. to the of portland shows no signs of dying down president all in terms decision to send in the troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of anti-racism protests only aggravated the situation. are right. or wrong. if you're here there are long term effects you're gonna get. the mayor of portland who you just saw there was tear gassed by federal agents as he stood with protesters white house claims he's lost control of the city however over him doesn't rares have already asked the trump administration to remove federal forces from or help plans to send them to other american cities protesters calls to defund the police have gotten only louder since the arrival of federal agents. meanwhile chicago's mayor has urged citizens to inform the police of any unconstitutional actions co

ministry says it's an embassy and the united states received death threats because of the anti beijing hysteria whipped up by the trumpet ministration as after the us gave the chinese consulate in houston 72 hours to shut down. watching our to international bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. anger over the deployment of armed federal forces to the u.s. city of portland shows no signs of dying down president decision to send in the troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of anti-racism protests only aggravated the situation. by. no you are right. here you're there along. with. the mayor of portland was tear gassed by federal agents as he stood with protesters the white house claims he's lost control of the city for over a dozen mayors have already asked their trumpet ministration to remove federal forces from or halt plans to send them to other american cities protesters called to defund the police have only got louder since the arrival of federal agents. meanwhile chicago's mayor has urged citizens to inform the police of any unconstitutional actions committed by federal forces earlier trump announced that hundreds of tro

ministry says that its embassy in the united states received death threats because of the anti beijing he styria with the trump of ministration that after the u.s. gave the chinese consulate in houston 72 hours in which to close down. had a very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on. the world health organization is sounding the alarm of a coronavirus trends in europe calling them worrying it's fear to these could spiral into major outbreaks auntie's correspondent peter oliver reports. the summer sun has encouraged a return to normal in europe when it comes to covert 19 but ask coronavirus restrictions of being lifted or lucent the world health organization is warning about a potential spike in the virus with eastern europe and the fall could and is deemed to be particularly at risk. we still have some worrying trends in southern europe and the balkans so we're not out of the woods just yet in the european environment it requires sustained vigilance just 2 months ago montenegro was declaring itself corona free not anymore it seems 2000 cases of the virus have seen social distancing and lock down measures reintroduced. you may be forgiven for thinking

chinese state—run media entities as foreign embassies as a result of china's oppression of independentjournalists. and so i would expect a similar chinese action in response to this. do you think there's any understanding in beijingunderstands why the us and the uk are doing this. so, in terms of the fact that they're acting so strongly, because of the moves the china are taking when it comes to, well, anything, from the hong kong security laws to their treating of the uyghur community to their territory—grabbing within the south china sea? yes. i think they understand that and, to be honest, i would expect a future challenge around the response from perhaps us industry, who depend on chinese visas for their non—chinese staff on the mainland, so i think that they understand and see what the next steps might be. and when it comes to going forward, do you think we're at a stage... one of the newspapers, for example, is talking about a cold war era, that we've got this divide between two superpowers. is there a chance of de—escalating this or are we past that point? i think that we are reaching a point where there seems to be less and less opportunity to walk it back, but based on this back—and—forth and tit—for—tat

ministry says its embassies in the united states have received death threats because of the anti beijing he styria whipped up by the trumpet ministration after the us gave the chinese consulate in houston 72 hours in which to shut down. good morning great to have you with us this is r.t. international. anger over the deployment of armed federal forces to the us city of portland shows no sign of dying down president donald trump's decision to send in the troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of anti-racism protests only aggravated the situation. i. i. i. i i. i i. the white house claims the city's mayor has lost control of the city but over a dozen men as a whole ready asked the trumpet ministration to remove federal forces from more home plans to send them to other u.s. cities protesters calls to defund the police of government louder since the arrival of federal agents. meanwhile chicago's mayor is citizens to inform the police of any unconstitutional actions committed by federal forces earlier trumpet announced that hundreds of troops would be deployed to chicago i think in their own way they want us to go in they'll be a time when they're going to want us to go in

claiming that beijing was stealing intellectual property china called the closure of its consulate a political provocation and said its embassy in washington had received death threats to 2 anti chinese sentiment being whipped up by donald trump meanwhile the us secretary of state house called in other nations to form an alliance against beijing. but we have to admit hard truth we must about our to the should guide us in the years and decades to come we want to have a free 21st century and not the chinese century of one thing dreams all paradigm a blinding gauge with trying to simply get it done the united nations nato. g 7 countries the g. 20 our combined economic diplomatic and military power is surely enough to meet this challenge we directed clearly and with great courage to free world must triumph over this new tyranny. well among the reaction we've been getting was from china expert who believes the u.s. is acting in fear. many people in the united states are extremely upset with the very authoritarian way that the trumpet ministration is dealing with the protesters and basically accused china of not following the norms and by leading human rights a lot of people would probably

they've become theory is at this statement now we haven't heard from beijing is yet but we have had a statement from the chinese embassy in the u.s. quite a lengthy statement saying that they firmly oppose the u.s. secretary of state's comments saying that he's trying to stir up trouble in the region that he is intentionally sowing discord between china and its neighbors and that is also exaggerating the problems in the region who will health organizations as the krona virus pandemic will worsen of countries fail to adhere to basic health precautions it says too many nations are heading in the wrong direction the number of infections worldwide passes $13000000.00 restrictions are being reimposed in california to combat a surge in infections businesses including gyms bars and movie theaters have been told to close this one of several u.s. states which has seen a spike in cases than thousands of protesters in the democratic republic of congo against the appointment of a new electoral commission cheat opposition politicians accuse ron saddam alondra of being complicit in rigging past elections all these prime ministers pe

chinese consulate in houston it's punishing beijing for its bad behavior but political opponents say the white house strategy could backfire by encouraging its chinese counterparts to retaliate rosalyn shorten al-jazeera alexandria virginia china's embassy in london says britain's new policy which allows hong kong residents to claim british citizenship violates international law and interferes with chinese affairs $3000000.00 residents of britain's former colony who already have british national overseas pos boats can apply for citizenship starting in january the new policy follows china's imposition of a national security law in hong kong which critics say curbs freedoms or a challenge has more from london. what we now have is the detail or at least some of the detail about how british nationals overseas in hong kong these 3000000 or so hong kong was going to go about getting a british citizenship when the system opens in january 2021 and the part as outlined by proceed to tell the home secretary is this that with no jobs lined up or any other particular criteria they can come to the u.k. for 5 years of limited leave to remain they have to be financially secure and independence while they are here they're not going to get government ha

beijing is demanding both britain and australia stop interfering in what it calls its own internal affairs it also accused london of violating pasta agreements the chinese embassy generally ways hand before hong kong was returned to china the united kingdom clearly promised it would not grant united kingdom residency rights to british nationals overseas travel document holders in total disregard of china's solemn position the u.k. has obstinately changed its position and is now overing a route for residency and citizenship for these people. thinking maintains that the passing of the new. security law was necessary to prevent the repetition of violent protests that paralyzed hong kong for months but few on the streets of hong kong buy into that narrative some already say they are ready to accept britain's offer to meet there if possible they don't like it when you take could really provide me an opportunity to settle in the u.k. that i do not necessarily have to stay in hong kong or dialogue gives us one way out i still love him very much. apply for the british mission overseas passport 1st and decide whether stay only 5 to tell us a confirmed. but not everyone

hong kong residents in australia the chinese embassy in australia has denounced the decision taken to gauge has more from sydney this will no doubt infuriate beijing which will see it as a strongly a trying to meddle in its own internal affairs and we need to remember that china is a strangely its biggest trade partner and throughout this time we've seen heightened temp diplomatic tensions and that has led to huge problems in the agricultural industry with high. beef imports suspended and this has really escalated since. called for i inquire into the origins of coronavirus serbia's government is expected to announce new coronavirus restrictions after the president said that we can curfew may not go ahead thousands of people protested across belgrade for a 2nd over the government's handling of the pandemic the ivory coast prime minister died after collapsing during a cabinet meeting. was 72 he was due to run for president in 3 months time heavy rain is hampering rescue and recovery efforts in southern japan following widespread flooding and landslides at least 59 people have died the u.n. security council has voted against a russian proposal to red

chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said bomb and death threats made against the embassy in washington, d.c., blaming on smears. a developing story and we are watching it here. meanwhile that story beijingtrump administration ordered chinese consulate in houston to close down. benjamin hall reporting live from london on that story today, benjamin. >> this is more of a war of words. the sanctions are on both sides. human rights abuses called out by many parties and now we see the consulate closing in houston. this is a relationship theory deteriorating. china to call out the closing of the houston consulate and a violation of international law and they said they will respond. this could lead to the reciprocal closing of u.s. consulate in china. but the u.s. remains clear that it would be used by the chinese to gather intelligence and spy on the u.s. >> we are setting up clear expectations how the chinese communist party will behave. when they don't, we will take actions that protect the american people, protect their security, national security, and also protect our economy and jobs. >> secretary pompeo was largely about uniting countries against the chinese threats. both the u.s. and u.

foreign ministry says its embassy in the united states received death threats because of the beijing hysteria whipped up by the trumpet ministration that's after the u.s. gave the chinese consulate in houston 72 hours to shut down. you're watching are to international coming to you live from the russian capital worth just turned 3 pm welcome to the program. anger over the deployment of armed federal forces to the u.s. to be a portland shows no signs of dying down president donald trump's decision to send in troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of anti-racism protests only aggravated the situation. you know you're. right. the mayor portland was tear gassed by federal agents as he stood with protesters there the white house claims he's lost control of the city however over a dozen readers have already asked the trump administration what to remove federal forces from the overhaul plans to send them to other american cities protesters calls to defund the police have gotten louder since the arrival of federation federal agents as well. meanwhile chicago's mayor has urged citizens to inform the police of any unconstitutional actions committed by federal forces earlier trump a

response from the chinese government as to why it's chosen turn do there are a number of consulates it could choose from there 5 here on the mainland aside from the embassy in beijing where we suspected it might have been the who hung on to that but that hasn't been in operation much since the beginning of the pandemic so wouldn't have made a very strong response i think beijing really wants to send a message to the u.s. that it's not going to back down it's not going to flinch and that's why they've chosen to do which is a much more significant consulate it was founded in 1985 at about a stop of about 35 and today they're about su 100 stuff working at the consulate in time do including 50 from the u.s. itself now according to china's foreign ministry that closing this because it's this is in direct response to the u.s. decision to close at the chinese consulate in texas houston which was announced on july 21st what they said has been a violation of international law but also a violation of the consul agreement between beijing and washington they've also said that any charges that the administration have said against this consulate that it's an intellectual propert

ratcheting up beijing's foreign ministry voiced its anger after washington gave it 72 hours on tuesday to shut its consulate in houston in a tweet a spokesperson for the ministry said the chinese embassy in washington had received bomb death threats because of hatred against the country whipped up they say by the trump administration harsh words were exchanged in public. as far as closing 'd additional embassies it's always possible they were burning documents or burning papers driven. on time china strongly condemns the decision and urges the us side to immediately rescind this wrong decision otherwise china will take legitimate and necessary countermeasures there's been this long challenge of the chinese communist party stealing intellectual property we actually talked about this is not just american intellectual property but stalls when european intellectual property of the usa is it ordered the conflict closed to quote protect american intellectual property private information choose the police and fire officials responded to reports of smoke in the courtyard of the building a video emerged of what appears to be fires in consulate bins it is widely speculated in the media that con

beijing reacting for the first time to the trump administration rejecting china's claims on the south china sea. now, the chinese embassye united states saying that they firmly oppose the u.s. statement on the south china sea and urging the u.s. not to disturb regional stability and accusing washington of provoking tensions and making unreasonable accusations. this as we see the chinese embassy in the u.s. urging washington not to disturb regional stability, reacting to the trump administration, rejecting china's claims in the south china sea as unlawful. look at howe will tensions between beijing and washington will affect u.s. businesses operating in hong kong with the amp chan -- with our guest. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: let's get a quick check on how markets are trading at the moment. u.s. futures extending gains, up .3%. this after we had that reversal in the afternoon session here in new york. we are now seeing u.s. futures higher while asian futures are pointing to the downside. tk futures down .3%. this is by the fact that we have a slightly weaker japanese yen past that 100 seven level. we are also seeing wti

the professor had reviewed in beijing, punished, and also, in shanghai, reviewing covid, and in february this ye year. shut down by the government. >> bill: the chinese embassy in the u.s., they don't know who you are. they say we've never heard of this person, referring to you. what do you say to that, doctor? >> of course they won't know me because i am not -- knowing who work directly -- but i want no work visa, and i am a team member to communicate with china. >> bill: okay, last question here. maybe i can reframe the questi question. was the u.s. government, what were they able to do with your information? >> i am waiting to tell all the things i know, provide all the evidence to the u.s. government. and i want them to understand, and i want u.s. people to understand how terrible this is. it is not what you have heard -- even the w.h.o. this is something different. we have to keep the true evidence and gather it to stop this pandemic. we don't have much time. >> bill: if you're right, doctor, you are showing an awful lot of courage. doctor, thank you for your time. dr. li-meng yan here in the united states. good luck to you. i hope you stay safe. >> tha

today on thursday basically saying that beijing would not take this lying down he was reflecting some of the strong language used earlier from the chinese embassy in australia calling these measures and accusations groundless he then went on to say as we heard earlier that china will hit back we don't know exactly what they might do but he did mention if you pressure points that china could target he followed that up by saying that chinese students to a stray leo should be wary now this is a big deal for australia chinese students are responsible for about a 3rd of the revenue for straight is education sector and jolly jen mentioned that chinese students should think twice before going to australia because they might risk racist attacks and they should undertake some risk assessments he also mentioned in australian think tank institute the astrarium strategic policy institute which has published a few papers on chinese interference chinese attacks you said that this organisation has sneered china and chinese state media saying that beijing is considering suing this think tank full live bell now it remains to be seen exactly how they might go fo

embassy in beijing. and shanghai. and one or two others. you can expect possible retaliation there. there is lots of rumors, that chineseionage, but very aggressive monitoring of chinese nationals in the u.s., sort of enlists them for espionage themselves or industrial espionage or political activities in one of these consulates organized a bunch of protesters to protest the dalai lama when he visited united states once. why houston, you're right, we don't know that. it probably links to the extent of commercial espionage but we don't know. connell: yeah, we don't know. there was an email sent out, got a number of reporters did, before we came on the air from the chinese embassy in washington. it attacked the move as you would expect. in the last line, we urge the u.s. side to revoke this erroneous decision otherwise china will respond with necessary actions. maybe that it will be something like we did, they will kick americans out after consulate in china, maybe more to come? i don't know. >> a lot of threats t may sound better in mandarin than english. this is the thing with the relationship with china. it is very one

the chinese diplomats, saying that they were essentially conducting illegal spying from that consulate. but now those diplomats who normally are here, are headed back to beijing, to the u.s. embassyhn. >> david, it is terrific to have you there as our eyes and ears. what have the crowds been like outside the consulate? i hear people there. >> reporter: there are a lot of people here. this has become a tourist attraction, of sorts, and there are a lot of crowds move through. and justin, are you able to pan here? i want to show you this, to give you an idea of what we're seeing here, as people are beginning to move along, but you've got folks who are building in here. and i want to show you what we were dealing with a little bit earlier. this is pretty close access wise and pretty unusual here in china to be able to report on a street like this and not be stopped or moved along. this morning, it was a very different situation. you can see in some of this video that we were stopped at a barrier, police barricade that was several blocks away. and the reason was, it was rather intentional. they didn't want during that handover at 10:00 in the morning local time there to be any commoti

embassy in beijing. one of those would obviously be closed. it pertains to the trade one phase deal. so far, as recently as last deals have continued to be done. the chineseing u.s. farm goods. i would suspect that as long as that continues to happen, it should tell us that the deal is continuing. john, it does seem that both sides have become more vocal, not just with each other, but to other countries as well. particularly in the case of china and that about the u.s.. does it show that they are not in charge just in washington, but also in beijing? think the overall dynamics of the relationship are far more competitive, far more confrontational, that's for sure. i think that is a pretty good indication that the hawks are in descendents. we had an accident article from our colleagues in washington about how secretary of state mike pompeo has really been leading this charge in the administration in the more hawkish wing of the administration by taking a harder stance. as the u.s. takes a more aggressive stance, that fuels the hawkish wing of the chinese government. you could see a reciprocal, upping the ante by the chinese. what you risk is this very bad