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WORLD, Page 71World NotesCHINABetter Red Than Well Fed
Defending the introduction of capitalist reforms, Deng Xiaoping
once said it did not matter whether cats were black or white so
long as they caught mice. Now the Chinese leader is determined that
his cats will be red. Four months after his crackdown on the
prodemocracy movement, the first tocsin for a "purification" of the
Communist Party has been sounded. The Beijing municipal party
headquarters announced that all its members must reregister by the
end of 1990, and those deemed "hostile and antiparty" will be
purged. Diplomats estimate that as many as 50,000 of the party's
members in the capital might be expelled. Party officials elsewhere
fear the campaign will soon include all 48 million members
nationwide.