Yuyang Liu for The New York Times China signaled on Monday that it would postpone its most important political spectacle of the year, a sign of deepening anxiety within the ruling Communist Party about the threat posed by the coronavirus epidemic . Chinese officials said the annual full meeting of the National People’s Congress , which typically takes place with pomp and pageantry in early March, could be delayed because of the outbreak — a highly unusual symbolic blow to a government that typically runs with regimented discipline. The announcement underscored the party’s efforts to be seen as taking the crisis seriously , after the government’s slow initial response and its efforts to play down the danger drew public fury. The epidemic, which has killed at least 1,770 people in China and severely hindered the country’s economy , has damaged the party’s credibility and quickly become one of the […]