China cues start of leaders' secretive Beidaihe summer retreat

BEIJING — China's Communist Party appeared to kick off its annual closed-door retreat in the seaside resort of Beidaihe, an informal gathering that perennially sparks rumours of power jostling among senior cadres and comes this year ahead of a major party conclave in October on party governance.Beijing does not publicly confirm the gathering, but in a sign that it had...