BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's right-hand man and former corruption czar was named a congressional delegate Monday, sparking speculation that he may be in the running for the vice presidency.
Wang Qishan was elected a delegate to the National People's Congress by the local assembly in Hunan Province, according to Chinese reports. Wang had stepped down from the powerful Politburo Standing Committee at the Communist Party's congress this past October in line with an unofficial requirement that those 68 or older at the twice-a-decade meetings retire.
