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: ...

Assessing Mr. Gorbachev’s legacy, China’s leaders see, “not a free Russia but one subject to poverty, chaos, corruption and, in the end, the aggressive nationalism of Putin today,” Mr ...

Gorbachev, who died Tuesday at 91, is lauded in China for normalizing Sino-Soviet relations, paving the way for solid ties between the two countries in subsequent years.

China’s Deng Xiaoping shakes hands with Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989 in Beijing, with former Chinese president Li Xiannian on the right.

Put simply, Gorbachev’s policies to China clearly influenced Sino-Russian relations in the coming decades but did not automatically guarantee Moscow’s growing alignment with China in recent years.

Mikhail Gorbachev helped make China the power it is today Beijing viewed liberalisation with dismay and vowed not to repeat the mistake, as Sean O’Grady explains Wednesday 31 August 2022 18:51 BST ...

Gorbachev made positive contributions to the normalization of China-Soviet Union relations. We mourn his death and express our condolence to his family,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry ...

But in many respects, Gorbachev had few options when he took office in 1985. In the late 1970’s the Soviet Union was at the zenith of power. By 1985 it was suffering a stunning and rapid decline.

China's economy was less industrialised and there was a great energy to be unleashed in rural reform. Gorbachev was facing multiple threats. As Zubok says in 1989, Gorbachev and his followers ...

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 ...

Gorbachev in China The legacy of Gorbachev also strikes a nerve in China due to a state visit by the former Soviet leader to Beijing in May 1989, which drew the world’s media attention there at ...