SHANGHAI -- China's biggest annual political gatherings opened on May 21, signaling the government's confidence that it has the coronavirus under control but also, perhaps, concern about mounting economic and diplomatic pressures.
Growth target less certain than ever as delegates gather in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Communist Party see maintaining stability as job No. 1. (Nikkei Montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters)
SHANGHAI -- China's biggest annual political gatherings opened on May 21, signaling the government's confidence that it has the coronavirus under control but also, perhaps, concern about mounting economic and diplomatic pressures.