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Credit: Reuters/Ng Han Guan/Pool/Files By Chris Buckley and Ben Blanchard BEIJING | Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:47am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping appeared in public on Saturday for the first time in about two weeks, visiting a Beijing university in what appeared to be an effort to dispel rumors of serious illness and a troubled succession. In a brief English-language report that broke the official silence on his whereabouts, the Xinhua news agency said Vice President Xi had arrived at China Agricultural University in the morning for activities to mark National Science Popularisation Day. A picture on the government's website (www.gov.cn) showed a healthy-looking Xi, with a slight smile and wearing a black informal jacket over a white shirt, walking around the university. A second picture, from Xinhua, showed a relaxed, laughing and gesticulating Xi inspecting ears of corn. Reuters had reported that Xi was likely to make an appearance on Saturday. Sources said Xi hurt his back while swimming earlier this month and that he had been obeying doctors' orders to get bed rest and undergo physiotherapy. A Reuters reporter at the university saw a man with sleek black hair wearing a white shirt -- who from a distance looked like Xi -- getting loud applause as he stepped out of the building housing an exhibition and raised his arms up and down twice in a gesture of vigor. A later, full description of Xi's visit by Xinhua said he inspected exhibitions on growing drought-resistant corn and a talk on how to fight food adulteration, a perennial problem in the world's second-largest economy. "Food is the people's first necessity, and food safety is an important issue for people's livelihood," the report quoted him as saying. There was a light security presence around the university, but a building housing a science exhibition was closed off. Hundreds of students applauded, some shouting "Vice President Xi" or even "President Xi". A roar went up when his car rushed by and Xi waved his hand out the window. "It was him for sure," said one student, who had taken a blurry shot of the car on his smart phone. "He must be better." The student refused to give his name. The news spread rapidly on China's popular Twitter-like microblogging site Sina Weibo, with users referring to Xi as the "crown prince" to avoid the usual censorship associated with the names of top leaders. "He looks well," wrote one user. "In the future he should take better care when he goes swimming," added another. STATE SECRET Xi had been out of the public eye for almost two weeks and had skipped meetings with foreign leaders and dignitaries, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Chinese government officials repeatedly refused to say what had happened to him, fuelling speculation that has included Xi supposedly suffering a heart attack, a stroke, emergency cancer surgery and even an attempted assassination. The ruling Communist Party's refusal to comment on his disappearance from public view and absence from scheduled events was in keeping with its traditional silence on the question of the health of top leaders - long considered a state secret - but it had worried or mystified most China watchers. Xi had last appeared in public on September 1. He pulled a back muscle while swimming shortly before Clinton arrived on an official visit on September 4, the sources had said, forcing him to scrap a meeting with her and with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Beijing has yet to announce formally a date for the party's five-yearly congress, at which Xi is tipped to replace Hu Jintao as party chief, although it is still expected to be held in mid- or late October at the earliest. In March next year, he is formally to take over the reins of the world's second-largest economy. 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