What is happening with the social situation and the economy of China in 2020 and how stable is it under the blows of the epidemic? What is the real essence of the confrontation between the United States and China, why did it escalate so sharply during the pandemic, and how will Europe behave against this background? How and why did China manage to almost overcome the epidemic in such a short time and how frank was Beijing in its information about the scale of the disease?