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
I know western China watchers thought he was the Chinese Gorbachev, but I have no idea if he actually was.
I'm exaggerating a bit. He was more right-wing than your average CPC member but nothing on the scale of Gorbachev.