In this Wednesday, May 20, 2020, photo, Chinese paramilitary police stand guard near Tiananmen Square and the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. This year's version of China's biggest political meeting of the year will be unlike any other. Delayed from March because of the then-spiraling coronavirus outbreak, the decision to go ahead with the gathering signals a partial return to normalcy in the country where the pandemic first broke out. "Partial" being the operative word: The congress will be far from normal. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein), APTOPIX