John brido is our united states editor and the host of checues and balance, our sister show on american politics. The question now is what action may follow, and whether any of it will stem the tide of chinese siber mischief. John: It's unusual for such a coordinated statement to come from western allies. And so you have to wonder whether this more public approach is going to be more effective. This is not like the cibra taks perpetrated by russian ha as, possibly with complicity of the rRussian government,. But with cibra tax is always a sort of implicit threat of retaliation in the other direction.