China's Future Leader Has Not Been Seen For 10 Days

A newspaper ran a photograph on Monday of Xi Jinping, center, addressing students at the Central Party School on Sept. 1. Li Tao/Xinhua

Xi Jinping, China's Expected Future Leader, Has Not Been Seen For 10 Days -- The Guardian

The man expected to become president next year has missed a string of meetings with foreign politicians, sparking speculation.

There should be little mystery about China's next leader. Xi Jinping is expected to take the helm of the Communist party in a matter of weeks, in the long-awaited, once-a-decade transition of power. Next spring, he is expected to become the country's president.

But for 10 days, there has been no sign of the country's heir apparent. His absence from the public eye – and the lack of any coherent explanation – has unleashed a storm of bizarre rumours and wild speculation, and raised fresh questions over the secrecy and rigidity of the party system.

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