I'm still not getting the Rubio hype. He talks tough and passes laws on behalf of others, but at the end of the day , Pelosi was actively involved in person while Rubio wasn't.
Having Rubio as secretary of state isn't ideal for China but is it worst than Pompeo? What people leave out is that Rubio is much more interested in fighting the "commies" back in latin america because of his cuban-anti-castro complex. There likely model which is still concerning (also as part of China containment strategy) is to regime change countries like brazil / mexico to some right wing usa vassal government.