China’s premier to address nation on pandemic, economy

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will address his nation on the coronavirus, economy and other high-stakes issues on Friday to kick off an annual legislative session in the shadow of the global pandemic. Li’s annual “work report” is China’s answer to the US “state of the union” address and comes with China still recovering from the COVID-19 outbreak that erupted on its soil, paralysing the world’s second-biggest economy and sparking global criticism….