The World - News from July 14, 1985

Deng Liqun, 70, has been stripped of his title as propaganda chief of the Chinese Communist Party, but he will remain in overall charge of propaganda work as a member of the party Secretariat, the government announced. It said he was replaced because of his age by Zhu Houze, 54, as part of a move to replace Central Committee department heads over 60 with by younger officials. Deng fell into disfavor in early 1984 when a campaign against “spiritual pollution” from the West turned sour, and he was blamed for carrying it to excess by targeting Western literature and fashions. He returned to prominence this year.