perhaps the military should stop, too. that leads to negotiations. but like you just said, that s probably not going to happen. china has a question it needs to ask itself at the u.n. security council. china has been playing ball more as of late with the united states agenda on the security council. china helped draft both rounds of sanctions levied against north korea income 2016. butful china doesn t see any type of leeway, any type of give on the part of the united states and maybe going towards that negotiations route, then does beijing become more obstructist on the security council. china holds veetd toe power. it can stand in the way of what nikki haley and the trump administration want to do an the security council. matt rivers joining us from beijing, paul lal hancocks in seoul. my thanks to you both. for more on the situation in north korea, phillip yuen joins from us now from you san francisco. phillip, good to speak with you.