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The country of China is going through a period of ransition. Where socialism was once a way of life, capitalism and ntreprenuership now are on the rise. NPR's Ted Clark reports on how the conomic and political changes are fostering deep-rooted sociological ransformations within modern Chinese culture.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome on the rise in neo-nazi etworks throughout Europe. Organizations that track the movements of these hate roups say they have been especially successful in spreading their message over he Internet, as well as through more traditional forms of propaganda, much of hich is generated in the United States.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from the Middle East on ecretary of State Warren Christopher's meeting with Syrian President Hafez ssad. Over the weekend Christopher announced the latest step foward in the eace process: Plans for a series of discussions between Syrian and Israeli fficials have been scheduled to begin at the end of the month.

President Clinton today lashed out at Republican lawmakers who derailed the nomination of doctor Henry Foster for Surgeon General earlier this week. The President said the GOP was being taken over by extreme right-wing groups who would stop at nothing to outlaw abortion. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports.

Washington D.C. is the most recent American city to oin the movement of considering curfews for juveniles as a measure of crime revention. Derrick Ward of member station WAMU reports on the conflicts between hose who are for and against the implementation of such restrictions on teens n the Nation's capital.

A LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE ESTATE OF ROCK GUITARIST JIMI HENDRIX CAME TO AN END YESTERDAY (FRIDAY 7/28) WITH THE SIGNING OF A LEGAL SETTLEMENT THAT RETURNS ALL OF THE RIGHTS TO HENDRIX'S MUSIC TO HIS FATHER. ROBERT SMITH, OF MEMBER STATION KUOW, REPORTS FROM HENDRIX'S HOMETOWN, SEATTLE.

2: Nature Writer SY MONTGOMERY. A New Jersey reporter turned freelance naturalist, MONTGOMERY developed a fascination for Bengal tigers. Her book Spell of the Tiger (Houghton Mifflin), takes a fascinating and frightening look at these Bengal tigers - and the people who worship them.

SUSAN SMITH WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF HER TWO YOUNG SONS LAST OCTOBER, AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 29 YEARS. FROM MEMBER STATION WFAE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, SUZANNE STEVENS REPORTS.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports efforts to save the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah which have been shrinking for the past several years. Nearly every land speed record has been set there, and racing enthusiasts and a nearby factory have developed a scheme to replenish the salt on the flats.

NPR'S TED CLARK REPORTS ON TWO IMPORTANT LEADERS MISSING AT THE SIGNING OF THE LATEST ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE AGREEMENT THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE WHITE HOUSE LAST THURSDAY....PRESIDENT HAFEZ ASSAD (AH-sahd) OF SYRIA AND PRESIDENT ILIYAS HARAWI OF LEBANON.