surveillance state ever built in history, the largest police and internal security forces ever in existence. and i think they are experimenting with both, you know, digital and physical repression here. and that could have a lot of different ramifications, for instance, if there is a war with another country. if there is an invasion of taiwan being able to hold down the population or control the population is something that i think they would want to be able to do. and, yes, it s obviously bad for their economy. i mean, their economic think something really very different from. this they seek to have independence from, you know, they call it d d. brian: i know we have to be smart with it and have reels with china and just had our first meeting and china dethat youd them. what is the responsible diplomatic reaction to