China, Taiwan and Marco Rubio

What did Rubio say about Taiwan independence? US, China at odds
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday, affirming Washington does not back Taiwan independence, according to China's foreign ministry, a detail omitted from the American side's read-out.
U.S. does not support Taiwan independence, Rubio tells China's Wang
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday that the U.S. "does not support" Taiwan independence and hopes to see the issue resolved peacefully in a way acceptable to both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
China’s Wang Yi and new US top diplomat Marco Rubio clash over Taiwan in first phone call
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump’s top diplomat denouncing Beijing’s “coercive” moves.
China tells Rubio to behave himself in veiled warning
I hope you will act accordingly,” Wang told Rubio, according to a Foreign Ministry statement, employing a Chinese phrase typically used by a teacher or a boss warning a student or employee to behave and be responsible for their actions.
US Top Diplomat Rubio, China's Wang Speak in First Phone Call, China Says
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi by phone on Friday, China's foreign ministry said, the first call between the two top diplomats since President Donald Trump's administration took office on Monday.
Rubio clashes with China FM on Taiwan
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump's top diplomat denouncing Beijing's "coercive" moves.
China claims Marco Rubio told Wang Yi US does not back Taiwan independence
But that detail is conspicuously absent from State Department's account of a phone call reportedly made at the top American envoy's request US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday,

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