Gorbachev: behind the condolences, chinese web rips soviet leader 31 August 2022 Reserved for subscribers Official condolences have been timid. Lack of a great leader, he is the slender spokesperson for the MinAff who completed the formality during a press conference that 31 august : “we express our condolences for his family“. The character is controversial in China, to say the least. On the one hand, he contributed to the thaw Sino-Russian relations. But on the other, it expresses the surrender of an authoritarian empire to American power, and a brutal regime change towards democracy. In these tense situations, where official celebrations are impossible, it is the sprawling Chinese Web that takes care of the after-sales service. We see the emergence of many “experts” and Chinese university professors who crush at will the former leader guilty of having let the USSR collapse. This content is for subscribers only. Identify yourself or create an account by clicking here