The World - News from Nov. 26, 1985

China announced a campaign to purge die-hard Maoists and corrupt officials from the 40 million-member Communist Party. The drive is the latest effort by the government to eliminate opposition to the free-market reforms of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. A major policy statement, published in the People’s Daily newspaper, said “those who refuse to receive any education should be cleared out of the party organization.” Deng, 81, and his allies are using the drive in support of their pragmatic reforms.