They'll be saying Xi assassinated him.
RIP I guess. Western media always claimed he was a liberal reformer type who secretly wanted to transition China to a Liberal democracy (Bourgeois republic) friendly to the west but IDK if that's true.
Might be worth reading this interesting article in light of his death
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