China no interest in challenging, still less replacing others: foreign ministry

China pursues development to bring better lives to the people, without any interests in challenging, still less replacing others, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks in response to CIA Director William Burns being quoted as saying China was a "formidable competitor lacking in neither ambition nor capability," "intent" on replacing the US as "the preeminent power in the Indo-Pacific." The US has been constantly disseminating disinformation about the Ukraine crisis, flagrantly smearing China and driving a wedge between China and Russia with the agenda to profit from the repercussions of its blame-shifting and…