In China, sympathy for Mikhail Gorbachev’s death is extremely reserved. Even more: The death of the 93-year-old is commented on with a good portion of malice and malicious joy. Commentator Wuwei Li writes to his almost 900,000 followers on Weibo that Gorbachev only deserves „contempt“: „He was a lame, incompetent, cowardly politician“ who serves as a „deterrent example“ for China. One could only „thank“ him for this lesson. Wuwei’s cynical message to the former Soviet president is: „Have a nice trip!“