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Seth Masters, us let's get to it seriously John some weight to the take yeah big time risk

some risk some risk yeah and 11075 can we do China000,000,000, we should do it.

Let's do it.

We've talked a lot of other things, including the second half reset here as well.

President Xi has to have a second half reset with the President of the United States.

That's short term for the Chinese.

The stereotype is they don't think short term, and yet they do, don't they?

Very much so.

I mean that's why in fact the Chinese Central Bank just eased off on the

reserve requirements for banks there.

And you know their stock market has been extremely weak in the last few months.

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