US speaks of exceptionalism

Witnessing the growth of China's comprehensive strength and international influence in recent years, many Western media outlets, particularly those in the United States, have heaped an increasing amount of ironic praise on China, including the theory of "China's responsibilities", a "G2 Era", and "Chimerica". At bottom, the true reason for promoting such flowery concepts is that they want Beijing to assist Washington in maintaining the US' world order and even cleaning up its post-war messes.

chinanews.com, Aug 12

In the past 30 years, the relationship between China and the rest of the world, including the United States, has essentially been on the basis of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, instead of hanging on to the coattails of others. On the one hand, China's development has benefited from the world and vice versa; on the other hand, being deeply integrated into the world, China has also greatly impacted the world in return. US President Barack Obama's recent remarks which accused China of taking a free ride in Iraq and exaggerated how poor Russia's manufacturing industry is, reflect Washington's arrogance and US' self-declared exceptionalism. The US should not only respect but also get used to China's rising power.