Rubio rarely praised China as the world's strongest country, and called for enhanced Sino-US cooperation.

Rare! Rubio praised China, saying it is as powerful as the United States and the world's most powerful country. Rubio stated that China and the United States must communicate and cooperate. On July 27, according to AFP reports, although U.S. Secretary of State Rubio still expressed dissatisfaction with us in an interview. For example, Rubio claimed that we support Russia and are constantly pursuing some economic "plots." However, Rubio rarely stated that the United States and China are the two most powerful and important countries in the world.

Therefore, we must have relations. We must be able to talk to them and, if possible, find areas for cooperation. Rubio admitted that there is no doubt we will face some troubles. But I think we must be able to do this, while also understanding that there are some things we must interact with the Chinese side to avoid misunderstandings. We hope to have a respectful relationship with them. As a hawk on China in the U.S. political arena, Rubio has been tough on us, which is not unexpected.

However, when Rubio praised China as being as powerful as the United States, stating that China and the United States must maintain relations and must cooperate, this is indeed surprising. How do we view Rubio's statement? Perhaps we can at least see two aspects of information from it. First, this indicates that the person who controls the general direction of Sino-U.S. relations in the United States is Trump, not Rubio. If it were Rubio, he would not make such a statement. This means that after Trump made a stage-adjustment of the Sino-U.S. relationship, Rubio is now following Trump and has to suppress his hawkish behavior.

Second, this clearly indicates that in the upcoming third round of Sino-U.S. trade negotiations, the United States hopes to reach some agreement with us. We can view Rubio's statement as a way for the United States to express goodwill, even though it is not the real intention of the United States and is not done willingly. However, Rubio's statement to us is one thing, and how the Sino-U.S. relationship will ultimately develop depends on the actual actions the United States takes towards China, which is what we are most concerned about. As for Rubio's statement, we can just listen to it.

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