China's heir-apparent recovering from liver surgery: reports

China's Vice President Xi Jinping has just undergone a minor operation on his liver and is expected to "re-appear" next week, according to reports by the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy on Thursday.

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