But in China, Gorbachev’s legacy is seen in a different light, as it raises the specter of a historical event that has long been cited as a cautionary tale for the ruling Communist Party: the ...

Though Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms were praised in the West, the collapse of the Soviet Union schooled a generation of authoritarian rulers in the dangers of tolerating any signs of dissent or ...

The death of the Soviet Union’s last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms led to the disintegration of the former communist giant in 1991, is seen by many in China as a reminder to avoid the ...

The denigration of Mikhail Gorbachev in China underlines the lengths Xi Jinping has gone to forge a path different from the reformist Soviet leader's.

China Power | Politics | East Asia Why China Is Not Mourning Mikhail Gorbachev The CCP remembers the late Soviet leader, who oversaw the collapse of the USSR, as a “gravedigger” and a ...

Mikhail Gorbachev died this week, but much commentary gives Ronald Reagan scant credit for engineering the fall of the Soviet Union.

Mikhail Gorbachev was swept up in the forces that drove the collapse of the Soviet Union, while Deng Xiaoping made sure the Chinese Communist Party would survive, writes Stan Grant.

Mikhail Gorbachev had a revolutionary global impact, and the reverberations of his actions are still being felt. Much has been spoken about his role in reforming Russia, ending communism, freeing ...

Against this background, Gorbachev’s legacy of normalizing relations with China has three long-term implications which continue to shape relations between Moscow and Beijing.

A Gorbachev-like figure in Mr. Xi’s China is hard to find, as Beijing currently is adamant to suppress all “dispersed information.” But, as we seek in vain a Beijing reformist, let’s remember: If it ...

Tributes have poured in from around the world for Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union who died on Tuesday age 91, with many global leaders hailing his role promoting ...