James Kynge

Yeah, the craze I remember so well, this goes back to probably around 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, sometimes around then, when local governments all over China, well, a lot of local governments in China, wanted to build replicas of the White House as their local government headquarters.

And there were some replicas that looked identical.

Really?

to the White House.

And all of us journalists used to run around the country trying to find these places and take pictures of them and write stories about them.

But that was also curbed by the government.

I don't really know why, but I think they weren't comfortable with the idea of too much mimicry or imitation of America.

That's it.

Thanks, Alice.

Yes, I just want to return for my prediction to the question of Chinese exports.

Last year, Chinese exports to the whole world was about 3.77 trillion US dollars.

And this year, I think it will go up above 4 trillion for the first time.

It'll probably come in at significantly more than $4 trillion, maybe $4.2, $4.3 trillion US dollars.

But the important part of the prediction I'd like to make is that for the first time ever, Chinese exports as a proportion of total global exports will rise to about 17% or 18%, which is a historic record, overtaking

the previous record, which was 16% by the United States way back, I think it was in 1968.

So we're headed into new territory again in terms of Chinese trade and the dominance of Chinese exports around the world.

Well, that's fascinating, Alison.

You've been dead right in, I think, at least two previous predictions about the summit between Trump and Xi.

So I would say at this point, you've got a status of summit whisperer.

Tim Cook is in China at the moment.