Xi's diplomatic calendar derailed as parliament set for delay

Coronavirus fight pushes back work on Japan visit and economic goals

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, pictured here welcoming Suriname's president last November, has had his carefully formed diplomatic schedule thrown off by the coronavirus outbreak. © Reuters

TSUKASA HADANO and KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/NEW YORK -- China's top leadership will deliberate delaying next month's annual legislative session to focus on containing the deadly coronavirus outbreak, a rare move that would hold up Beijing's policy-making agenda.

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