i will speak from a very personal pir spective. i lived through the japanese invasion. i ran away from the japanese invasion. i was in the chinesevilleolog, but the japanese soldiers came every night to threaten us. i had a little brother who got sick and didn't have enough food, he didn't have enough medicine and died and as a result my parents have no son. they have 5 more girls, but lost their only sun in the hands of the japanese invaders. when yfs 8 we had to run away from the japanese again and usually go to the mountains but it rained the night before, the bridge had been washed out so we could want go to the mountant so we just hid behind the bushes and in a river and are remember i turned blue and i saw japanese pointing pay bayonets behind me. they didn't fine me. [inaudible] many died serving the so called, giving comfort to the japanese soldiers. 35 million japanese and asians didn't survive like i did. let's put politics aside-- >> thank you very much. thank you very much, next speaker. >> good evening supervisors. my name is [inaudible] i'm with the filipi