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.
