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Editor’s note:

in order to respond to the call of “leading cadres should learn something about history” by Comrade Xi Jinping, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and, President of the Central Party School, the new book MY READING OF THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION---COLLAPSE OF A SUPPERPOWER  HOW TO VIEW IT  WHAT TO DO written by Comrade Xiao Feng has been published by the Central Party School Press. Mr. Wang Jiarui, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee has written an inscription for the book. Senior Professor Zhao Yao of the Central Party School and, Professor Li Junru, former Vice President of the Central Party School have separately written prefaces for the book. Study Times published in advance the preface by Professor Li Junru on 9^th January, 2012.