Marco Rubio points finger at China for attack on US diplomat

By Joel Gehrke

Published May 31, 2018 8:30pm ET

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Marco Rubio points finger at China for attack on US diplomat — "There is mounting concern about the Chinese government's increasingly aggressive attempts to use 'Confucius Institutes' and other means to influence foreign academic institutions and critical analysis of China's past history and present policies," Rubio wrote. | (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

China knows more than it’s letting on about the latest apparent “sonic attack” on an American diplomat, according to Sen. Marco Rubio.

“I know that China knows what happens in their country,” the Florida Republican, who sits on the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees, told the Washington Examiner. “The notion that something that sophisticated could happen without them either knowing who did it or doing it themselves is far-fetched.”

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