fact is that this was a call apparently started by the united states so china just by saying yes does not agree to anything. before the invasion when the united states did have conversations with china, china apparently shared that information with russia. richard, is there anything when you look at the relationship and the history of the chinese reality and the united states maybe this could have an impact? >> well, things have not gone the way, not simply what vladimir putin expected but xi jinping. this is not good for him. he wanted to have a good olympics and this fall he wanted to get a green light for his third term president, instead his economy is not growing and he's not nearly as fast and he has not figured out a way to unlock chinese cities given covid and we are beginning to