Xi Jinping makes first public appearance since returning from overseas

President Xi Jinping reemerged after not being seen in public since his first foreign trip in more than two years earlier this month.

Xi, wearing a mask, visited an exhibition in Beijing on Tuesday about China’s achievements over the past decade, state-run news outlet Xinhua reported. The Chinese leader was accompanied by the other six members of the Politburo Standing Committee, a sign of unity after rumors circulated on Twitter about a challenge to his power.

Xi’s public appearance comes after he returned to Beijing from a summit in Uzbekistan at midnight on Sept. 16. Prior to that trip, the Chinese