to watch what has happened the last week in u.s./china relations. almost every day of the past week, we've seen some form of critical u.s. china engagement. monday and tuesday, we saw military to military talks between u.s. and chinese militaries. on wednesday and friday, we saw ministry from china's international liaison department of the chinese communist party engage with national security adviser as well as meet with secretary blinken. on thursday, we saw a call between secretary raymondo and her counterparts. and i think that provides some counterway to however china may perceive election results. >> okay, we've got about 30 or 40 seconds left so i ask you to make this short. jim steinberg and steve hadley, two very senior, very seasoned officials are going to taipei to meet the new president.