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Ex-Chinese propaganda chief Deng Liqun dies at age 100

AFP February 12, 2015, 12:03 am TWN

BEIJING–Former Chinese propaganda chief and communist hard-liner Deng Liqun, a fierce critic of the economic reforms championed by late leader Deng Xiaoping, died Tuesday at the age of 100, state media reported.

Known as “Little Deng” to distinguish him from “Old Deng,” he passed away Tuesday afternoon in Beijing, the Chinese Communist Party said in a…