News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gave the United States two lists when U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman visited the megacity of Tianjin in July. One was, “a list of U.S. wrongdoings that must stop;” the second, “a list of key individual cases that China has concerns with.” Together, they urged the U.S. government to reverse a slew of China-related policies. Following the senior CCP officials’ reprimand of U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Alaska in March, the lists sounded like an ultimatum. Items on the “wrongdoings” list included investigations into the COVID-19 origin, visa restrictions on CCP members, and sanctions on CCP leaders. The indictment of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who was in Canada fighting extradition to the United States, was also cited in the “wrongdoings” list. Meng later reached a deal with U.S. prosecutors and was allowed to return to China in late September. …