In October 2022, China hosted the 20th CPC Congress. Did new major details emerge in China's foreign and defense policy in general, as well as in the Eurasian and Indo-European spaces in particular? What new insights did the Congress provide for understanding Sino-American relations: are there any chances for normalization, what are the risks and the depth of likely aggravations? What impact will the decisions of the Congress have on Sino-Russian relations: prospects and opportunities, problems and risks? What are the likely changes in China's Belt and Road Initiative against the backdrop of the Congress and China's economic slowdown, the relationship between the Silk Road Eurasian Economic Belt and the 21st century Indo-Pacific Maritime Silk Road?