despite his departure and the government is maintaining it is business as usual with a spokesperson saying that our position on u.s./china relation always viewed and developed china/u.s. relations from the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful co-exist inside and win/win cooperation. and this disappearance and departure is not just physical. there is a virtual aspect to it. the reference to him in social media has been completely scrubbed. and on the chinese government website, all of his references there have also disappeared. a move that the government spokesperson said was in a b accord with regulation. so the mystery continues. transparency not a hallmark of the chinese government. so we may never know all the details there. thank you so much, nice to see you, mark stewart. quick hits around the globe,