China delays annual parliament meeting amid virus outbreak

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's parliamentary body, formally decided Monday to postpone the annual meeting of the top legislature scheduled for early March, as the country grapples with the outbreak of a new pneumonia-causing coronavirus.The third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference had been slated to convene on March 5 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Every year, the National People's Congress runs for around 10 days, with around 3,000 delegates gathering from across the nation to discu…READ FULL ARTICLE