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Gorbachev promoted a policy of glasnost<ref group="lower-alpha">Russian: гласность</ref> (openness), which resulted in [[Communism|communists]] being purged from the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|CPSU]] and mass media. He established market reforms called perestroika<ref group="lower-alpha">Russian: перестройка</ref> (restructuring), which diminished state support for the [[Proletariat|working class]]. He reduced assistance to less developed parts of the Soviet Union, increasing national conflict,<ref name=":0" /> and rejected the [[Leninism|Leninist]] concept of the [[vanguard party]].<ref name=":0222" /> | Gorbachev promoted a policy of glasnost<ref group="lower-alpha">Russian: гласность</ref> (openness), which resulted in [[Communism|communists]] being purged from the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|CPSU]] and mass media. He established market reforms called perestroika<ref group="lower-alpha">Russian: перестройка</ref> (restructuring), which diminished state support for the [[Proletariat|working class]]. He reduced assistance to less developed parts of the Soviet Union, increasing national conflict,<ref name=":0" /> and rejected the [[Leninism|Leninist]] concept of the [[vanguard party]].<ref name=":0222" /> | ||
In spite of Gorbachev's differences with [[Deng Xiaoping]], who disagreed with his glasnost policy and generally pro-Western stance, Gorbachev was interested in resolving the [[Sino-Soviet split]]. The two leaders signed the Sino-Soviet Joint Communiqué on May 15th of 1989 in [[Beijing]], which formally normalized relations between [[China]] and the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Citation|year=15th May, 1989|title=Sino-Soviet Joint Communiqué|city=Beijing | In spite of Gorbachev's differences with [[Deng Xiaoping]], who disagreed with his glasnost policy and generally pro-Western stance, Gorbachev was interested in resolving the [[Sino-Soviet split]]. The two leaders signed the Sino-Soviet Joint Communiqué on May 15th of 1989 in [[Beijing]], which formally normalized relations between [[China]] and the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Citation|year=15th May, 1989|title=Sino-Soviet Joint Communiqué|city=Beijing}}</ref> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == |