the last several weeks. second, president from south korea moon is scheduled to visit president xi in china next month. add to that, one of the top party envoys going to north korea. that s good. china is sending this emissary to north korea right now. that seeps like a positive move right now because there s been tension between china and north korea. that s right. i think china wants to keep the dialogue open, keep the channels of communication open. it s kind of tricky. china also wants to work with south korea a little bit but doesn t want to the offend south korea. maybe all the pressure president trump put on president x in china is paying off right now. it might. all these little lulls are helpful but for the tweet storm back and forth. the rhetoric is not good. you re right. it s been several months since there was a nuclear test or a ballistic missile test. that s encouraging although that