In the West, the internet allowed free access to vast amounts of information, while outside the democratic West, as in China and in Middle Eastern nations, a range of censorship and monitoring measures were instigated, providing a new sociopolitical contrast between east and west
पुढील एक दशक सोव्हियेत संघाच्या छत्रछायेत दारिद्र्य व एकाकीपणात काढल्यानंतर व्हियेतनामच्या कम्युनिस्ट पक्षाने अनेक आर्थिक व राजकीय सुधारणा हाती घेतल्या.