at, that his invasion of ukraine is not going well. he is not been able to take over the country as he suspected and as the chinese and probably been discussing with him after the olympics thinking okay, wait until the olympics are over and then start your invasion. so now they want to be having to be stuck with seven putin at the world's edge, or getting ostracized from all of this economic opportunity. the threat of consequences that the united states has laid on china would be economic sanctions. that is something the deeply worries the chinese, again as, the entire world is looking to come out of this global pandemic. >> in a way, china, and i said this before, is, in a sense, the potential winner in the game of thrones, if russia is no longer a superpower. i think it's clear, they are no longer. they have exposed themselves by doing this invasion. this disastrous invasion. but, china moves up then.