Chinese state media said he passed away from a heart attack despite "all-out efforts" to revive him.
  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    Chinese Gorbachev is dead. I'm actually shocked. Western media was really banking on this guy doing to China what Gorbachev did to the USSR.

    • HarryLime [any]
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      11 months ago

      I know western China watchers thought he was the Chinese Gorbachev, but I have no idea if he actually was.

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        11 months ago

        I'm exaggerating a bit. He was more right-wing than your average CPC member but nothing on the scale of Gorbachev.

    • ultraviolet [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      He was part of the "right wing" of the CPC but he's not a Gorbachev. His politics would be similar to that of Hu Jintao

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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      11 months ago

      How closely aligned was he? I know that the US is notoriously ignorant on Chinese culture and politics and the CIA Is a failure over there. But I also know that for decades the CPC was a hotbed for corruption and bribery