get briefed on china and china's evolution over the years. it is a big powerful country and in some areas we'll compete. some areas we can work together. they clearly are trying to pursue a, this one belt, one road strategy which is going spread china's influence and presence around the globe but they are encountering problems with that in terms of the different types of instability and war and conflict in different places that is disruptive to their aims. xi jinping is facing some criticism now. not serious in my mind in terms of any threats -- >> internal? >> some internal because the profile now of china has risen and it is causing some reaction, including from washington. and i think one of the things that xi jinping has tried to do is to avoid confrontation, continue to push the envelope. unfortunately there is confrontation. people are wondering whether or not they are moving too fast, with too high a profile and so