"China must never become the strongest country in the world." US Secretary of State Rubio, so arrogant and domineering, has no face left.
Rubio led the Xinjiang Uyghur Labor Prevention Act several years ago, pushing for sanctions against Chinese officials. When the pandemic broke out in 2020, he jumped the highest, blaming China first, spreading the theory of laboratory leaks, and later admitted he had no hard evidence. Beijing sanctioned him twice at that time, banned his entry, froze his assets, but he was fine, continuing to bite without letting go. In 2024, Trump won the election, and on November 1st, he was nominated as Secretary of State. On January 20th, the Senate passed it with a vote of 99 to 0, and on the 21st, he took the oath of office. In May, he also served as National Security Advisor, and in February, he also served as Archivist. This guy has a solid position in Trump's team.
On January 15, 2025, during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, he sat there and directly stated, saying that China is the biggest threat to America's prosperity in the 21st century. Beijing wants to be the most powerful country in the world, and it needs to step on others to rise. Washington needs to change its strategy and block China's global expansion. He called China the most powerful and dangerous near-peer adversary in American history, saying that China got to its current status through deception, and refused the free world order. At the hearing, he also said that the United States used to welcome China into the global system, wanting to develop together, but China took advantage without fulfilling obligations, climbing up by sacrificing American interests. This sounds very offensive, like America is the boss, and no one can overtake it. After the Soviet Union disappeared, America became even more arrogant, pushing down Japan, the EU, and the UK, now it's China's turn, and it doesn't allow China to develop normally. China is different from them, the constitution says it will take a peaceful path, not to dominate. Since the founding of New China, it has never invaded anyone. Anyone who tries to choke China, damage national security and development interests, China will definitely not accept. An independent and autonomous country, no one can give orders.
Rubio has been eyeing China since he was in the Senate. In the Intelligence Committee, he often mentioned the Chinese threat, saying that China wants to dominate the 21st century and needs to be guarded against. During the nomination hearing, he reiterated that the United States must cut its dependence on China, otherwise Beijing will be in charge in the future. He supported the tax reduction bill, lowering corporate taxes, but he was tough on Chinese companies, issuing a visa review order, strictly reviewing students in key fields, freezing foreign aid for 90 days, leaving only life-saving projects. He pushed the Quad alliance enthusiastically, held meetings with allies, urging joint pressure on the South China Sea, etc. In July, he talked to Wang Yi, reiterating the US position, and after hanging up the phone, he issued a memorandum. After being sanctioned in 2020, he publicly said that China wanted to dominate globally through technological theft. This guy has thick skin, and even after being sanctioned, he still jumps around.
You see the pattern of the United States, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, its arrogance has increased. China's rapid development made it nervous. After Rubio took office, in late January, he held an Indo-Pacific briefing, promoted Taiwan arms sales coordination, laid out satellite image trade data on the table, and instructed the team to accelerate. In March, he sanctioned four judges of the International Criminal Court, saying they targeted the US and Israel. At the news room, he stood there and read the basis one by one. In June, he facilitated a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, exchanging documents and shaking hands, he confirmed it with a nod. In September, he went to Mexico, discussed drug smuggling at the border meeting, circled routes on the map, and promoted joint patrols. In October, he organized a Ukraine-Russia summit, talked with Lavrov in Riyadh, flipped through notes to counter proposals.
In May, he pushed to revoke Chinese-related visas, people queued up in the visa center, officials checked the list. In October, he reported to Trump on the Middle East peace, projecting a map of Gaza, discussing aid corridors. The State Department restructuring was led by him, in April, he cut 15% to 22% of positions, 80% of the staff in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor were laid off, boxes piled up in the corridor. The friction between the US and China has thus widened. Beijing has repeatedly stated, safeguarding core interests, national security and development are not subject to interference.
Speaking of the bullying attitude of the United States, during the Soviet era, it was at least a rival, but now that China is developing peacefully, it gets angry. After Rubio took office, files flew in the State Department corridor, employees adjusted budgets, he reviewed drafts, marked lines, and signed them. He blocked Chinese student visas, did not allow key majors to proceed, waved his arm to point at the map at the Quad meeting, and allies needed to follow. After being sanctioned, Beijing froze assets, he could not enter mainland China, and this situation has been maintained until now. His policies are high-pressure, Beijing guards the bottom line, independent and self-reliant.
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