UPDATE 2021 18 Jan. China’s economy, the World’s second largest, expanded by 2.3% in 2020, the only major world economy to grow while others shrank. Japans economy declined 5.3%, and the Eurozone shows a whopping 7.4 decline. While the world panicked and overreacted to a virus originating in China, The People’s Republic supplied the world as economies were shut down. China Using Covid to Overtake America’s Economy. Cpl. Nathaniel Clark (left) and Spc. Justin Ramirez with Task Force 221 verify patient records information before local residents drive through for a self-administered nasal swab test at the Duckwater Community Based Collection Station, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in Duckwater, Nevada.