EAST MEETS WEST--Gov. Bob Taft gets a tour of the Chinese Hubei Province exhibit by Bing Scott, left and Yigang Liu, during the opening of the 146th Ohio State Fair, at the Ohio Expo Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 6, 1999. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Ohio's sister-state relationship with its conterpart in the People's Republic of China, Hubei Province, which represents the longest governmental relationship between an American state and a Chinese province. The Ohio State Fair runs through Aug. 22. (JACK KUSTRON../photoj.com)