text:  A big driver of this approach is what Beijing sees as an increasingly dangerous external environment, including hostility from the United States. They're certainly watching what happens in the U.S. in the U.S. presidential campaign, too. You know, Xi was very quick to express sympathies to former President Trump after that attempted assassination. But the election and even the U.S. are probably unlikely to be mentioned explicitly in the policy platform that emerges. And Pierce John Ruich, thanks so much. You're welcome.