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Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: China's ruling Communist Party celebrates its centenary all this month. And it marks a milestone for one of the biggest political parties in the world, more than 95 million members. NPR China affairs correspondent John Ruwitch takes a look at how this party became so huge and what China's leader is doing about it. JOHN RUWITCH, BYLINE: The party traces its roots back to a small, secretive meeting in Shanghai that started on July 23, 1921. There were just 15 people in the room. TONY SAICH: They were all intellectu...

Friday marks the 32nd anniversary of the massacre of protesters in Beijing, but for the first time since it happened, there will be no public gathering in the Chinese-speaking world to remember it.

China has had tremendous success containing the spread of COVID-19 while simultaneously being resistant to cooperating and collaborating with international partners to end the pandemic.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Biden has ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to redouble their efforts to try and figure out the origin of the coronavirus, and he wants the answer in 90 days. There are still questions about whether the virus spilled over from animals to humans or if it was accidentally leaked from a lab. But is it possible to get a conclusive answer about the origin without cooperation from China? NPR China affairs correspondent John Berwick is here to talk about this with us. Hi, John. JOHN RUWITCH, BYLINE: Good morning. MARTIN: So let's just start there. I mean, is cooperati...

Democrats are rejecting the GOP's infrastructure counter-proposal. Biden ordered an investigation into the coronavirus origins. And, travel is up for Memorial Day as pandemic restrictions ease.