<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Thanks, Tom, Although behind the humor, there is serious politics. Its the equivalent of  having Robeson sing the Internationale at a White House dinner. This event is full of implications of Japan's ambition on Taiwan. Have you followed the TMD system (Theater Missile Defense) proposed by Washington that includes Japan, Taiwan and the US?  It is an undisguised anti-China system. The Japanese are fully behind the Taiwan independence movement which it and Washington officially are against. Beijing consisders Lee, who was born in Japan, as an agent of Japan, with tacit US support. Asia is never what it appears in the Western press. Best, Henry     Tom Lehman wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <pre VARIABLE WRAP>Dear Henry, Think you will get a kick out of this. Your email pal, Tom L. <a href="http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/news100f.htm">http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/news100f.htm</a></pre> <hr WIDTH="90%" SIZE=4> <table BORDER=0 > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="1%"><img SRC="cid:part1.36A26873.AF5FFA68@mindspring.com" ></td> <td WIDTH="99%"> <hr size=1 width="99%"></td> </tr> </table> <h4> 1/17/99 -- 7:44 AM</h4> <blockquote> <blockquote> <center>Champion screamer meets Taiwan's president <hr size=1 width=200></center> TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A Japanese woman who won a shouting contest by screaming ``Cheer up, Lee Teng-hui'' was more soft-spoken when she met the Taiwanese president in person Sunday. Mamiko Kobayashi demurely wished Lee a happy birthday during their brief meeting in a square outside the presidential office building in Taipei. Lee turned 76 last Friday. But she recreated her winning shriek for reporters, letting loose with a piercing Japanese rendition of her good wishes, which loosely translate as cheer up, or ``let's go.'' Kobayashi, 24, a student of Chinese at National Taiwan Normal University, won the screaming contest in Japan, which was held at the height of campaigning for Taiwan's legislative elections last December. ``I like Lee Teng-hui very much because you always see him smiling. Most politicians are too stern,'' Kobayashi told reporters. Kobayashi, who won the contest with her 111.6 decibel outburst, was awarded a $850 prize. Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</blockquote> <center><a href="http://www.tampatrib.com/tbobar.map"><img ISMAP SRC="cid:part2.36A26873.AF5FFA68@mindspring.com" BORDER=0 ></a></center> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>