Clinging to outdated mindset will not guarantee security

The latest manufactured angst in the United States about the president's phone habits is yet another demonstration of the zero-sum Cold War mentality that still grips Washington.

This is at odds with the view expressed by President Xi Jinping in his congratulatory letter to the eighth Beijing Xiangshan Forum, a high-profile platform facilitating security dialogue in the Asia-Pacific, which opened in Beijing on Thursday.

Peace, development and win-win cooperation are the trends of today's world, and the future of people around the world is closely connected, he wrote.