WASHINGTON SEES THE COLLECTIVE rise of the developing world as a threat. That bodes trouble for all, Xinhua News Agency commented in an article published on Wednesday. Excerpts:

Three decades of unrivaled hegemony has induced a historically ill-founded but deeply entrenched belief in Washington that the United States is an exceptional country above all others. Its past success in nipping in the bud any serious challenger to its dominance has only reinforced this belief.

In the eyes of incumbent US policymakers, global rules are in place to serve it, and any country that has a trade surplus with the US is ripping it off.

They have waged waves of tariff offensives against not only China, but also US allies such as the European Union, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Canada, regardless of the rising financial burdens on domestic consumers and businesses, and the rules of the World Trade Organization.

The high-tech realm has also witnessed the US scrambling to secure its supremacy. However, it is trying to do so not by sharpening its own edges in fair competition, but by employing state power to drive out competitors.

Its unjustified attacks on Chinese telecommunications equipment provider Huawei and other Chinese high-tech companies under the excuse of national security are reminiscent of its erstwhile plot against Japan's once booming semiconductor industry, and being widely interpreted as an attempt to sabotage China's standard-setting capabilities.

In the realm of geopolitics, Washington's hegemonic anxiety disorder has become even more conspicuous, especially in its policies on the Middle East and Latin America.

Meanwhile, the current US government is seeking to reap the benefits of being a "rogue superpower" while refusing to bear its due global responsibility. Its withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear deal has breached global efforts to address many of the world's most pressing challenges.

Western countries are disappointed to discover that it has become a big bully pushing the world toward "Chaos Americana".

Hopefully, the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday and Saturday can awaken Washington to the disservice it has done to the world, and prompt it to regain its senses.