All is not what is seems in Shenzhen and Guangzhou on the third day of Xi Jinping\u2019s trip to Guangdong province<\/b>
\nIt was not even 8am but the southern Chinese boom town of Shenzhen was already on alert for President Xi Jinping\u2019s expected visit the city on the third day of his trip to Guangdong province.
Amid the morning quiet, there were clear signs that someone important was about to arrive.
In Futian, the city\u2019s central business district, roads around the Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition were blocked and residents wondered aloud about why they had to suddenly shut their windows.
All businesses within two blocks of the museum \u2013 hosting an exhibition of the province\u2019s role in country\u2019s reform and opening up 40 years ago \u2013 were closed and the museum itself had been shut for a month in preparation for Xi\u2019s visit.
Pedestrians trying to go in for a closer look were shooed away by people who at first glance looked like students, grandpas and square dancing aunties but were all carrying the same kind of water bottles and mumbling, hooked up to earpieces.
The presence of these undercover personnel appeared to double by two hours later when Xi\u2019s motorcade approached the museum.
Security was just as tight across town in Qianhai where the streets were largely deserted.
A traffic police officer stationed on the area\u2019s main road said he had been on duty since 5am while another appeared relieved after Xi\u2019s motorcade left at around 11.30am.
\u201cWe have all worked hard on this one,\u201d the second officer said.
A cyclist in Qianhai said there were fewer roadblocks this time compared with those put up for previous visits by state leaders.
State broadcaster CCTV reported that Xi had also visited Liwan district in the provincial capital of Guangzhou and asked about work on protecting cultural heritage.
The president\u2019s motorcade was later spotted in Guangzhou\u2019s Tianhe district outside Jinan University, the first of its kind to take in overseas students of Chinese descent after the country opened up to the West four decades ago.
Access to the campus had been limited in the lead-up to the trip, with students told to take Tuesday and Wednesday off class.
But there were still people around the grounds.
An older woman apparently doing her morning exercises gave herself away when she suddenly pulled out a walkie-talkie from a pocket.
Plain-clothes officers posing as students were also stationed every five metres and security checks were ramped up after 2pm ahead of Xi\u2019s arrival.
At one point an officer pounced on a water bottle discarded by a reporter.
At around 5.30pm, Xi finally ended his trip to the university and the security around the campus dissolved.
One professor later said how excited he was to get to shake hands with the president.
Student representatives who also shook hands with Xi vowed to \u201cnever wash their hands again\u201d.<\/p>\n

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