Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping appears in public after 14-day absence
Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has reappeared in public and made an impromptu speech following a two-week absence that had sparked rumours about his health and raised questions about the stability of the country's succession process.
State media said Xi toured exhibits at China Agricultural University in Beijing commemorating National Science Popularisation Day, but offered no explanation of why he had dropped from sight.
Photographs posted on the government's official website showed Xi walking in the sunshine dressed casually in an open-necked shirt and black coat. Another photo showed him smiling as he looked at potted plants, showing no sign of disability or ill health.
A lengthy Chinese-language report from the official Xinhua news agency did not address why Xi had not been seen publicly since 1 September, when he made a speech at the ruling Communist party's official training academy.
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