U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state on Wednesday warned China not to further destabilize the Indo-Pacific region, including areas around Taiwan and the Philippines, so that Washington and Beijing can keep cooperating to avoid conflict.
In a confirmation hearing for the post, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who is almost sure to become the top U.S. diplomat under the second Trump administration, urged China “to stop messing around with Taiwan and with the Philippines, because it’s forcing us to focus our attention in ways we prefer not to have to.”
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