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...service of the party. That leaves only one channel for positive change: a new, more enlightened Emperor who will reform the system from the top down. Such a leader can come forward, of course, only after Deng has died. But even if a Chinese version of Mikhail Gorbachev does take office, he will have to tread carefully. As the students camped out in Tiananmen Square discovered that fateful night last June, any attempt to change China too quickly is an invitation to tragedy...
...Mikhail Gorbachev makes so much news that for the past five years he has been almost a daily staple of the front pages and nightly broadcasts. Exclusive access is another matter: since taking office, he has given only a handful of interviews to American journalists. The first was to TIME in August 1985. "Do you think we're never going to meet again, so you are going to pile everything into one interview?" he joked after more than an hour of conversation. We did meet again. Last week, on the eve of his summit meeting with George Bush, Gorbachev invited...
...Mikhail Gorbachev is not the only leader with separation anxieties. Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is also finding it difficult keeping his vast nation together, and Canada has only two warring nationalities...
...would have been a severe test of his ingenuity and stamina. His attempt to revive a stagnant economy seemed only to be provoking fresh resistance from populace and parliament alike. Just as the war of nerves between the Kremlin and secessionists in Lithuania entered a new and delicate phase, Mikhail Gorbachev suddenly faced a challenge to his power much closer to home. His only real rival in the turbulent arena of Soviet politics, the maverick former Politburo member Boris Yeltsin, mounted an impressive campaign to become the president of the country's largest and most important republic, the Russian federation...
Behind the Sandinistas' stunning election loss in Nicaragua is the secret story of U.S.-Soviet partnership in Central America. George Bush may lack Mikhail Gorbachev's grand vision, but he and his advisers proved their mastery of creative diplomacy...