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...most famous man in China this summer seems to be Xiao Bing, the "rumormonger" who was sentenced to ten years in prison for "exaggerating" the Tiananmen death toll in an interview with ABC News (he said 20,000 had died). Absolutely everyone knows the tale of Xiao. "Xiao Bing makes a point about the future," says an economics professor in Chengdu. "The people in Beijing were there -- and so may be very willing to take to the streets again. But we elsewhere are more cautious. It's not that the propaganda campaign is working. Most of us know full well...
...PREPPIE MURDER (ABC, Sept. 24, 9 p.m. EDT). The tabloid shows had a field day with it. Now the case of Jennifer Levin -- the New York City teenager killed during a session of "rough sex" in Central Park -- is rehashed as a TV movie...
...Ohio's A.C.L.U. In response to the objections of civil libertarians, the Canton council is meeting this week to scale back its new ordinance. But there are indications that Americans are in a mood to fight drugs, even if that means sacrificing some constitutional guarantees. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll last week, 62% of those questioned said they would be willing to give up "a few of the freedoms we have in this country" to reduce illegal drug use significantly. Majorities said they favored mandatory drug tests for all citizens, police searches of the homes of suspected drug...
BLACK IN WHITE AMERICA (ABC, Aug. 29, 10 p.m. EDT); THE R.A.C.E. (NBC, Sept. 5 and 6, 10 p.m. EDT). Two networks tackle the difficult subject of race relations. The ABC report is a series of profiles put together by the network's black producers and correspondents; NBC's live two-parter, with Bryant Gumbel as host, features a survey of viewers' attitudes on race...
ANYTHING BUT LOVE (ABC, returning Aug. 15, 9:30 p.m. EDT). Angst-ridden stand- up comic Richard Lewis, playing a magazine writer with a yen for Jamie Lee Curtis, made this midseason sitcom worth watching. Now it is back for a few weeks of reruns...