Virus-hit China postpones parliament for first time in decades

Virus-hit China postpones parliament for first time in decades

Dorothy Solinger, an expert on Chinese politics at the University of California at Irvine, said to postpone would be a “smart move”. She said the government’s message is: “We are putting all our effort into combatting the virus. We don’t have the time to hold these meetings now.” The virus also deeply impacts some of the session’s most hallowed rituals, she said. “How could they present the mandatory NPC upbeat accounts of the progress and positive prognosis of the economy and other achievements in the midst of such uncertainty as they’re facing now?”