Yes they understand China is now a big player, so they direct diplomacy towards China direct investments, and seek Chinese support for the Euro.

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This is a little different than our trip to India in the sense that, as I said, the economic relationship that we have with the Chinese is different on a scale with what we do with India, which is why some of the commercial diplomacy around the India trip was so significant.

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