Rubio Clashes With Chinese FM Wang Yi Over South China Sea and Taiwan

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. ALLISON ROBBERT / AFP

U.S. 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.

Rubio, a longtime China hawk, spoke with Wang for the first time by telephone at the end of his first week in office, which he began by forming a united front with U.S. partners in the region.

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