china. a couple topics here. the chinese foreign ministry spokesman pushing back on this contention of the united states that we ll do a diplomatic boycott of the olympics. now the u.k. and australia is doing the same thing. here s what the foreign ministry had to say. they said the united states will pay the price for this kind of action. watch this. i want to read this to you. the u.s. always thinking that it s destined to lead the world, to bring its value and system everywhere around the world. when leadership is imposed, it s actually autocracy, calling the united states an autocratic government for these actions. your thoughts, senator. president xi and the chinese communist party have called themselves a democracy, which they are not. they re so aggressive not only in international waters in the south china sea, threatening to invade taiwan, forcing uighurs,