China has no intention of overtaking or replacing any country, but must safeguard its legitimate rights to development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday during his telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

China will never allow Taiwan to be separated from the motherland, stressed Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

Big countries should act like big countries, Wang said, expressing his hope that Rubio would act responsibly to play a constructive role in the future of the Chinese and American people, as well as global peace and stability.