What is badly needed for the development of China-US ties is political trust. Yet Washington, in persuading and pressuring its allies to shun cooperation with Huawei, has helped erode that political trust, a China Daily editorial reported.

There is still no telling on what grounds Huawei's global chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has been detained in Canada, although she is reportedly facing extradition to the United States as it alleges she was trying to evade US curbs on trade with Iran. But one thing that is undoubtedly true and proven is the US is trying to do whatever it can to contain Huawei's expansion in the world simply because the company is the point man for China's competitive technology companies.

Washington has asked its allies to cut ties with Huawei, claiming its equipment poses strong cyber security risks.

Such pressure from the US has made it very difficult for some governments and companies to make a decision on their cooperation with Huawei, whose provision of mobile equipment and services can make a positive contribution to their telecommunications network.

Security concerns are the reason given, but no evidence of this has been forthcoming while the pressure from the US is writ large. What propels Washington's animosity against China is its pertinacious Cold War mentality, with which it continually distorts the reality of international relations.

For better China-US relations and bright prospects for the world economy as well as the good performance of its own economy, the US needs to change its mentality toward China, the editorial said.