there was an idea, under hu jintao, that our efforts to and wto,the p.r.c.the under international rules-based economic exchange would somehow lead to greater democratization in china. xi jinping has taken china in a more ideological totalitarian direction. you see this across china. we can go into some of those aspects, if you wish. but on the matter of hong kong, he is basically explicitly stated that he has rejected the one country, two systems model and that hong kong is completely an internal matter, and that basically it would be viewed as a threat to the integrity of the chinese face for anyone to even verbally support the people of hong kong. smith is the executive director of the victims of communism memorial foundation, joining us for about the next 25 minutes, taking your questions about the protest movement in hong kong. kyle is in new york city, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. it is such an honor to speak with you today. thank you so much for taking my call. i have two questions, intricately linked, the first about the humanity of