US hegemonic mindset shows indifference to general trend of world development

At present, the world is faced with a volatile situation and an evident rebound of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the daily number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US has exceeded the country's peak in last summer and keeps rising sharply. The US, however, is still focusing its energies on containing China rather than fighting the pandemic. While continuously trying to manipulate the COVID-19 origin tracing through political means, the US government has frequently sent senior officials to neighboring countries of China, which, according to international media outlets, has been aimed at building a ring of encirclement against…