Rubio Says US Wants Positive China Ties but Won’t Abandon Allies

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that the United States wants a positive relationship with China ‌but that ‌would not ‌be ⁠at the expense ⁠of its allies. "We have a role and can't abandon our allies. ⁠We've made that ‌abundantly ‌clear. We're going ‌to have ‌a good relationship with China," he told ‌reporters in Manila according to Reuters. "We have to have ⁠a ⁠relationship with China. We want it to be as positive as it possibly can be."