Quad not 'anti-China', says Rubio as first summit in two years set before Trump-Xi talks

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad, was not an "anti-China" coalition, as the grouping's top diplomats finalized preparations for the leaders' summit in the Philippines next month. Rubio's statement comes just weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Shenzhen, China. "It is not an anti-China or anti-anybody coalition," Rubio said at a press conference on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta. "It's not a format that exists to be against any country. To the extent we express concern about things in the Quad, it's concern about behaviors. It's concern about activities," Rubio added. "Now, those activities or behaviors are coming repetitively from one country. That's going to be obvious to everybody." The Chinese embassy in Washington said that Beijing opposes "forming exclusive groupings or engaging in bloc confrontation." "Cooperation between countries should be conducive to regional peace, stability and prosperity, and not target a