slowdown, they didn't want the situation to get out 0 of control. help us to understand, is this a legitimate shift, do you think in china, after seeing some of the images we've been seeing in ukraine the last couple of days? >> i think what's going on in beijing is very clear actually. it's not in china's interest to have a war in ukraine. it's not in china's interest to have a precedent that one country can attack another country because they supposedly have a foreign policy based on nonintervention and respect for sovereignty. at the same time, xi jinping is best friends with vladimir putin. they're stuck. they don't like it, they can't oppose it. it just shows you despite professing to be a world leader and multilateral, when push comes to shove, they will side with their dictator. because murderers, dictators and