China’s Xi makes first public appearance in two weeks

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the northeastern province of Liaoning on Tuesday, state media reported, as he and other leaders emerge from a two-week absence from public activities, suggesting they had been at their annual summer conclave.
Xi visited a museum in the Liaoning city of Jinzhou that commemorates a key 1948 battle, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
Before Wednesday, there were no state media reports on Xi’s activities for two weeks – typically his activities are covered on a near-daily basis – an indication that he and other top leaders had held their traditional secretive summer gathering at the seaside resort of Beidaihe east of Beijing.
Visitors to Beidaihe and residents have said security had been especially tight there in recent weeks.