The unprecedented 2020 has brought the world into the ever-changing situations. We have seen how race, class and pandemic fuel complex issues concerned the society in the US. The race and class matter in a particularly sharp and uncompromising way in the pandemic and, along with the political issues, together they place the most democratic country, America at the turning point of its future.

Joe Biden has secured enough votes to unseat Donald Trump but the questions remain unanswered. Will the polarized nation stop tearing the society apart? What is the origin of the far-right force in the US? How would the new administration meet the profound challenges of this new moment?

Chinese Public Affairs is delighted to invite Dr Keith Smith and Dr Georgios Samaras to share their views on the US 2020 Election and general societal issues at the moment.