let us bring in professor lynn knight who taught in china for eight years. much for joining us on cnbc. what was your experience -- >> my pleasure. >> -- in china? is this a hard scenario for you to envision happening? >> well, actually, not. and i think one of the things that we do when we venture into china, we become very diplomatic because of the strain of doing the business with the communist government. and in doing so, we tend to overlook some of the hardships that a lot of companies experience going in to china. and this situation in china currently does not surprise me at all. while i was there, on a daily basis, you will see not to the extreme, but you'll see situations like this occurring on a daily basis in china. and my prediction is that will probably increase over time. >> why do you say that? >> one, because of the -- >> aren't they supposed to be advanced, become more diplomatic, resorting less to tactics like this? >> well, i think that's the image that most media and also businesses would like the american public to believe. but in honesty