>> like a murder scene. >> here is confucius inside a steel cage resting. then all of a sudden -- >> like a haunted house. >> so he jolts up and starts going crazy inside this cage, which when the exhibition started was filled with nine monkeys. the purpose of this installation, according to the artist, is to provoke conversation about societal issues in china such as the rapid economic growth, their unbalanced values, environmental changes. wants people to talk about, you know, the responsibilities that come with china's international importance. >> that's a pretty deep conversation. i feel like the conversation can be more like why are there monkeys in there. >> confucius exhibitionism. >> it's confusing. >> this is number six, another one. >> this is a huge bust of confucius chilling in a pool breathing. look closely. >> this is ghoul. okay. that might make me a little more reflective and introspective after i saw confucius. >> this doesn't start slapping in the pool. >> this is zen. >> i'd worry about the other five. there's seven total? >> there's seve

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since the 1970's we have stalled other countries, especially in asia, the confucius' about half -- surpasseds. i see that passion for education and their way of using education as a lever for change. it seems to me whether written about the york, washington, or whether we're talking about egypt or tanzania, education is the best escalator out of poverty and for change and that here in this country are escalators are lots of broken. >> i think that people think that the american trademark in the world is the cinema and the coca-cola and the starbucks. i recently wrote an op-ed in the financial times about this. if you look at the numbers, the number one thing that the world admirers about the united states is the education and science. the number one thing. almost 70 percent of the population. and so we are not utilizing it. i think that was part of the idea president obama of using science and diplomacy. i was in on what to the middle east. really utilizing it effectively in our foreign policy. >> you are just leaving here tonight and tomorrow for egypt. >> right after here. >> right after h