you are describing there. also here in the media show studio is sean haines, who worked at the chinese state news agency in xinhua, also worked at china daily, the chinese government's english—language newspaper. sean, thanks very much indeed forjoining us. just tell us your experience of working for those two media outlets. thank you, thank. you for inviting me. a lot of that was ringing true. i was trying to keep quiet, because i was nodding - and giggling a long, i but, yes, absolutely. so, the period that _ i was in china was between 2016 to about the hong kong protest in 2019, and we underwent - a huge change in those years. so, when ijoined xinhua news agency, it's the official- mouthpiece of the party, it has to be said. - all news through china goes through xinhua, i even the big other media - organisations, when it comes to political meetings, take -