Predictable and sound China-U.S.relations benefit not only the two countries but the whole world.Amonth ago,as observers and scholars alike scramble to predict the future of U.S.-China relations under the incoming Biden administration,President Trump once again successfully proved that he was still the one who calls the shots.Being totally engrossed in his loss in the election,plotting schemes to overturn the election result,and continuously staying blind to his country’s spiking COVID-19 cases;on January 5,Mr.Trump found the time to sign an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications,including Alipay and WeChat Pay,according to the White House.Once again,national security was the outgoing administration’s major concern cited behind the move.