Commentary
Global leaders have sent messages of support and sadness with the passing of former USSR leader (1985-1991) Mikhail Gorbachev, who died at age 91 on Aug. 30. Gorbachev, who worked closely with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is seen as the man who reformed and opened the USSR.
These actions led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, independence for many of the former Soviet states, and destabilized communist control. Despite favorable views in the history of many countries, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has always had a problematic relationship with Gorbachev.
“The Soviet Union was destroyed by him and the generations after him,” wrote a Weibo user commenting on the death of Gorbachev….