'I don't have any updates on when that call will take place,' adding that the call is being scheduled and would 'happen very soon' Karoline Leavitt said
China's veteran foreign minister has issued a veiled warning to America's new secretary of state: Behave yourself. Foreign Minister Wang Yi conveyed the message in a phone call Friday, their first conversation since Marco Rubio's confirmation as President Donald Trump's top diplomat four days earlier. 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. The short phrase seemed aimed at Rubio's vocal criticism of China and its human rights record when he was a US senator, which prompted the Chinese government to put sanctions on him twice in 2020. It can be translated in various ways in the past, the Foreign Ministry has used make the right choice and be very prudent about what they say or do rather than act accordingly. The vagueness allows the phrase to express an expectation and deliver a veiled ..
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