Wang Qishan, China’s Former Anti-Corruption Czar, Is Back

Wang Qishan, China’s Former Anti-Corruption Czar, Is Back
Wang Qishan (R), former head of the Chinese Communist Party's anti-corruption agency, attends the opening session of the National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp legislature, in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2018. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images
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This weekend, the Chinese Communist Party kick-started its two weeks-long series of political meetings known as the Lianghui. Most of it will be a ceremonial act of the Party’s rubber-stamp legislature approving decisions already made by the Party leadership. However, there are several appointments to top positions that have not been formally announced.
One question that remains unanswered is what role Wang Qishan will play. He was Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s right-hand man—until this past October, when an unofficial rule about top officials’ retirement age forced Wang out of the upper echelons of the Party.
Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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