joining us, cnn correspondent marc stewart and skod kennedy, chair of chinese business and economics at the centers for strategic and international studies. mark, let me start with you, and how the markets are responding to these protests. we haven't seen something like this in years. >> markets and traders are making note of that. the dow has been down more than 400 points today. that's very significant. nasdaq has been down more than 100 points as well. the markets are having a rough day. the one thing that traders want is stability and certainty, and right now in china, that's just not the case. that's not the message being exuded. traders are having to reconcile two thoughts here. on one hand there are indications that china was going to perhaps loosen some of these restrictions. now it looks like the zero covid policies are here to stay. there's no clear roadmap for the future. that's why the markets are having such a tough time with this. >> scott, we understand you just spent two months in china. what did you see there? what was the mood like in terms of these covid restrictio

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