Xi Jinping (right) with German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 30. Xi absence from public view since then has given rise to intense speculation about... more 

Xi Jinping (right) with German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 30. Xi absence from public view since then has given rise to intense speculation about his health and whereabouts, online and in overseas media less