Washington's Huawei anxiety has become hysteria

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies has been in hot water lately.

And the water keeps getting hotter as Washington continues to fan the flames of hysteria over it being a security threat. Hard on the heels of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who on Monday warned allies that embracing Huawei technologies may jeopardize their partnerships with Washington, US Vice-President Mike Pence praised Poland on Wednesday, for "protecting the telecoms sector from China".

No telecoms operators in any country using Huawei equipment have reported security breaches. Even the White House, which has been fanatically trying to brand Huawei as a "China threat", has produced no evidence of the company's alleged involvement in spying.