. >> i shouldi should thank you for your role in leadership in this part of the world. it is a critical one. this is the region where half of humankind lives and half of the world economy. your math is absolutely accurate. and the -- to get to your various questions, the united states is reacting. that is what our rebalance is all about. there are many things we work with china on, but there are certain acts -- aspects of chinese behavior that are disturbing to us and countries in the region, which is having them all come to us and having the effect of causing self isolation by china. we are reacting ourselves and we are being increasingly invited to work with countries, long-standing allies and strong allies like the philippines, where the sites you see and correctly have on the map here come in, but also new partners like vietnam. i was in india we can half ago, many are concerned about chinese behavior, and -- >> mr. sec., i am sorry to cut you off. the strategic significance of the scarborough sure and what is going on. you were just there. can you comment? >> it is