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Gorbachev -- the greatest democrat Russia ever had

'We all need to have perestroika," Mikhail Gorbachev would often say. The Soviet Union's last leader lived by that credo. After becoming the general secretary of the Communist Party in 1985 and implementing his programme of restructuring and glasnost ("openness"), he even changed his job title, preferring to be called…

Bangkok Post

China launches campaign against online rumours ahead of party congress

China's cyberspace watchdog said on Friday it would a launch a three-month campaign to clear up "rumours and false information involving major meetings", just weeks before the ruling Communist Party holds its five-yearly congress.

Reuters

EXPLAINER: Why is China so angry over UN report on Xinjiang?

China is responding furiously to a United Nations report on alleged human rights abuses in its northwestern Xinjiang region targeting Uyghurs and other mainly Muslim ethnic minorities

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Commentary: Mikhail Gorbachev’s failures did not go deep enough

Mikhail Gorbachev failed at everything he tried as the Soviet Union’s last leader. The state he led could only change the world for the better by failing — and it did. But, alas, not for long.

Tribune News Service

Two Chinese financial officials in Liaoning province expelled from Communist party

Two former financial regulating officials in northeast China's Liaoning province have been expelled from the Communist Party and dismissed from public office for bribery and corruption, China's banking and insurance regulator said on Thursday.

Reuters

History's bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms

Mikhail Gorbachev stood for freedom, openness, peace and closer ties with the outside world

The Independent UK

China expels ex-national security official from Communist Party

A senior Chinese official formerly in charge of investigating corruption within the national security ministry has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and from public office after being found guilty of corruption himself.

Reuters

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Former China Life Insurance chairman expelled from Communist Party

Wang Bin, former chairman of China Life Insurance Co and its former Communist Party chief, has been expelled from the party and dismissed from public office for bribery and corruption, China's anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday.

Reuters

Gorbachev remembered: Respected in the West, detested in Russia

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is dead. Given the tributes being paid to him in the West for his efforts to end the Cold War, it might be difficult to appreciate just how unpopular he became in his native Russia.

The Conversation

Why was Gorbachev so popular in West, so unpopular in Russia?

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev prompted gushing tributes from across the West on Wednesday but much less of a reaction in Russia. FRANCE 24 examines why Gorbachev is lionised in the West for his role in ending the Cold War, but scorned in Russia for overseeing the collapse of the…

France 24

Major events in the life and career of Mikhail Gorbachev

The Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along

The Independent UK

Gorbachev’s successors: who led Russia after the last leader of the Soviet Union?

Three people have been president of Russia since the Soviet Union disintegrated

Evening Standard

'A consequential but ultimately tragic figure': last leader of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

Few world leaders have cut a more consequential but ultimately tragic figure than Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, whose death at the age of 91 has been announced by Russian state media.

The Conversation

China sets October start for congress seen as Xi coronation

China's ruling Communist Party will hold its five-yearly congress beginning on Oct. 16, with Xi Jinping poised to secure an historic third leadership term and cement his place as the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader

Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but criticised by many Russians for overseeing end of USSR.

The Independent UK

Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War and changed the world forever, dies aged 91

Last leader of Soviet Union passes away after long illness

The Independent UK

Mikhail Gorbachev: Timeline of the Soviet leader’s era and the collapse of the USSR

A look back at the Soviet leader who changed history

The Independent UK

Gorbachev, who redirected course of 20th century, dies at 91

Before Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States

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Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91, Russian media reports

In power less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed breathtaking changes that overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.

The Independent UK

Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet Union’s final president who changed world history

‘An epoch in world history came to an end directly as a result of his actions’

Reuters

Timeline: The Gorbachev era and the collapse of the Soviet Union

Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union.

Los Angeles Times

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped end Cold War, dies at 91

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose vision of humane communism liberated millions, bridled the global arms race and knocked down the walls dividing East and West, has died, according to Russian news agencies.

Benzinga

Mikhail Gorbachev Dies At 91: What's The Final Soviet Union Leader's Legacy?

The world leader who closed out the Cold War and brought democracy to the former Soviet Union died Tuesday at the age of 91, according t

Al Jazeera

China to hold 20th Communist Party congress from October 16

China sets date for key congress of the governing party in which President Xi Jinping is expected to secure third term.

Reuters

Explainer-What to look for from China's 20th Communist Party congress

China's ruling Communist Party opens its 20th congress on Oct. 16 that is likely to end with President Xi Jinping anointed for a third, five-year term as the supreme leader and a shuffle of personnel on the decision-making Politburo.

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