The difficulty of these three conditions and their contribution to China are no less than the concessions made by the Soviet Union to the West. Security threats in western, northern and southern China have been eliminated. Without the support of the Soviet Union, Mongolia and Viet Nam, the two neighboring countries had to change their positions hostile to China.
Second, after Gorbachev came to power, he took a different road of reform from China: politics first, then economy. At that time, it was inconclusive who was right or wrong in these two roads. Especially in the late 1980s, China's reform model encountered an unprecedented bottleneck. Gorbachev, who was visiting China at this time, might even be misled by China's predicament, which strengthened his model of putting politics first and then economy.
However, the subsequent disintegration of the Soviet Union and the cost of Russian having to choose shock therapy, in turn, strengthened China's gradual model.
Today, more than 20 years have passed, and we should be able to draw a preliminary conclusion. 1989 When Gorbachev visited China, the Soviet Union's economic aggregate was four times that of China, but today, China's economic aggregate is six times that of Russia.
Thirdly, the biggest threats China has faced since it entered modern times are Japan in the east and Russia in the north. The failure of Gorbachev's reform led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, which undoubtedly greatly changed China's international environment.
Of course, some people may think that with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, China's special position during the Cold War no longer exists, and it has also become the object of western containment. This is true, but nothing is without shortcomings. The key is that as long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Gorbachev s political and economic policies;
Gorbachev's political reform began with "opening". 1February, 986, under the active planning of Gorbachev and Jakovleff, the 27th CPSU Congress formally put forward the issue of "openness".
At this congress, Gorbachev put forward the task of reforming the judicial system and establishing a country ruled by law, and pointed out that the democratic principles of fair trial and equality of citizens before the law should be strictly followed, as well as other guarantees to protect the interests of the country and every citizen.
Gorbachev's economic policy mainly focused on the game between planning and market. In the early stage, Gorbachev continued Stalin's institutional line and adopted a planned-based economic model. However, in the case of prominent contradictions in the later period, he had to take measures to liberalize the market and implement economic system reform.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gorbachev