The claims with vietnam and the philippines and the south china sea. what do you think explains that and do you think there has been a course correction there? >> the chinese talk about three phases in their journey. they want to stand up, get rich, get strong. i think they are in the get strong phase of your journey and when you're a strong country, you want to assert your interests, whether it's claims in the south china sea that you feel it's yours, whether it's interests you feel are infringed upon by another state. in the cause of doing so, i think they also understand there will be a rea...