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Rubio has a long history of working on China. But everyone in the Cabinet is loyal to Trump. I do think Trump will be the ultimate decision maker on China,
Yun Sun, a senior fellow and co-director of the East Asia Program and director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, told VOA Mandarin
If we don’t change course, we are going to live in the world where much of what matters to us on a daily basis from our security to our health will be dependent on whether the Chinese allow us to have it or not,
he said during the hearingWill China remove sanctions on the new U.S. Secretary of State?”
On Baidu, China’s most popular search engine, sitting atop the trending chart Tuesday night was the questionI don’t want to be paranoid, but I am starting to think they don’t like me,
Rubio tweeted sarcastically back then after learning about the sanctionsThis guy has been barred from entering China, let alone visiting China,
one Weibo user commentedChina will firmly defend national interests. In the meantime, it's necessary for high-level Chinese and American officials to maintain contact in an appropriate way."
When asked if China would drop the sanctions, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, said Tuesday at the daily press conferenceI am not yet aware of what you mentioned,
she saidAny China policy will be a balance of issues to reach what Trump defines as American national interests. Hawkish views and friendly views will both be a part of the deal,
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What I can tell you is that China's sanctions are aimed at the words and actions that harm China's legitimate rights and interests."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning
Rubio isn't coming. Rubio is coming."
One user on the microblogging platform Weibo jestedWhy did Rubio, the anti-Chinese vanguard, change his Chinese name from Rubio to Rubio, which some people speculate is a sign of lifting sanctions? Sanctions must continue,
wrote anotherWe're going to have meetings and calls with President Xi [Jinping],
Trump said after a call with the Chinese leader on FridayIf you ask me, instead of how his name is translated in Chinese, it's his actual name in English that is more important,
she saidThis order will be faithfully executed and observed in both letter and spirit, ... We must reward performance and merit.”
Rubio saidAmid today’s reemerging great power rivalry, ... I will empower our talented diplomatic corps to advance our mission to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.”
Rubio saidThe State Department will no longer undertake any activities that facilitate or encourage mass migration,
Rubio saidWe are, at the end of the day, a nation founded on a powerful principle. And that powerful principle is that all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator — not from our laws, not from our governments,
Rubio said
Our job, across the world, is to ensure that we have a foreign policy that advances the national interest of the United States, ... I expect every nation on earth to advance their national interests.”
he said, addingThat’s what we endeavour to do: to promote peace around the world because that’s in our national interest,
Rubio saidThe sanctions of Marco Rubio are killing kids in Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela.”
Another, speaking Spanish, criticised hardline US policies abroad