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NPR'S TED CLARK REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT REMAINS POLITICALLY REPRESSIVE AND COMMUNIST, CONFIDENCE IN THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC FUTURE IS GROWING, AND CHINESE EXPATRIATES ARE MOVING BACK.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on the details of the capture yesterday of Columbian drug lord Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela. Columbia's defense minister says that Orejuela's capture is likely to fracture the Cali operation.

Daniel talks to Lee Grensci of Pennsylvania State University about lightning facts and fallacies. You really can be killed by lightning jumping through the telephone, he says, but the odds against it are high. If you are outside during a thunderstorm, the best thing to do is to go into a ravine or a valley or to get in a car.

CHINA IS EXPERIENCING A SURNAME SHORTAGE.

Rock Critic KEN TUCKER reviews Julian Schnabel''s, new album "Every Silver lining has a Cloud." (Island Re

Movie critic Stephen Schiff, reviews Mel Gibson''s new movie, "Brave Heart."

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE PERILOUS AND UNFORGIVING PLIGHT OF THE U.N. PEACEKEEPERS IN BOSNIA.

T.V. critic DAVID BIANCULLI has a review of tonight''s episode of "E.R." It will be directed by Quentin Tarantino, director of "Pulp Fiction."

SCOTT SIMON TALK WITH SIMON HOGGART OF THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER IN LONDON ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Daniel talks to Arnold Greenberg, owner of the Left Bank Bakery and Cafe in Blue Hill, Maine. Greenberg wants to give up his business to someone who will really care for it, so he is asking prospective proprietors to send him an essay that describes their reasons for wanting to run the business and $100. He will use the money to pay off the mortgage. Interested parties can write to him at the Left Bank Bakery and Cafe, Blue Hill, Maine 04614