Officials from China and the United States wrapped up one-and-a-half days of economic and trade talks in Paris a few days ago, sending a clear signal of easing tensions and reducing strategic frictions. Many observers believe that the bilateral relationship is quietly entering a window of warming.

Unexpectedly, this hard-won interim consensus was unilaterally torn up by radical political forces in the U.S. in less than twenty days, as the House Select Committee on the CCP promptly launched the so-called "Security Information Submission Portal."