if anything, this will run even better, dw is clifford coon and joined us now in the studio. clifford. you were based in bay jane during the olympic games last time, 2008 as was i so much has changed since then. what kind of country was china then? and where does it stand today? i think what's interesting is, 1st of all, china hasn't actually changed that much in the interim. and what you have is a lot more of china it's, it's the now the world's 3rd biggest economy is become much more of a player internationally. but in terms of how the country is run, it hasn't changed that much with the exception that we see this huge focus now on she, jim ping, and these are very much going to be the she, jim ping, alec olympics. i think i'm what's also changed. i think is how the world views china back in 2008, you remember ever was looking at china with a certain amount of hope and expectation that may be ad that increased wealth and power would lead to a democratization or whatever in china. i think most of those ideas about engaging with china's away driving change have largely been swept asid