And Frank Hsieh, the opposition mayor of Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second-largest city, has already jumped the gun and launched a city lottery to rival the state one.

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They seem to like Chen's declaration that Taipei may support Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. (Lee's government had opposed China's bid for this year's Games.) And on July 3, Xiamen Mayor Zhu Yayan invited his Kaohsiung counterpart, Frank Hsieh Chang-ting, to visit his city on the coast of Fujian province, opposite Taiwan.

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