TOKYO -- Has China's annual summer ritual, the unofficial meetings between incumbent leaders and party elders at the seaside resort of Beidaihe, taken place this year?
Chinese President Xi Jinping vanished from state media for more than half a month. Was he at the seaside resort of Beidaihe? There have been no clues. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters)
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