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This is a list of James Bond allies from the film Tomorrow Never Dies.

Recurring Allies[link]

• M - Judi Dench
• Q - Desmond Llewelyn
• Miss Moneypenny - Samantha Bond
• Jack Wade - Joe Don Baker
• Charles Robinson - Colin Salmon

Wai Lin[link]

Wai Lin is a fictional character in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, portrayed by Michelle Yeoh.

Film Biography[link]

Wai Lin (Chinese 林慧), a spy for the Chinese People's External Security Force, is a formidable opponent, a fierce warrior with incredible skill in martial arts. She first encounters Bond when she is sent (under the disguise as a Xinhua News Agency reporter) to investigate the disappearance of stealth material from a Chinese military base that is connected to media mogul Elliot Carver's plan to start a war between China and the United Kingdom. Wai Lin later learns that Bond was sent by MI-6 to work on the same case. The two initially believe they have been ordered to kill each other, but eventually develop a wary mutual trust when they are both captured and imprisoned by Carver's secret partner, General Chang (who was in charge of the military base where the stolen stealth materials for Carver's stealth boat originated from). Bond especially grows to respect her when she playfully, but firmly, rejects his attempts at seduction.

Carver brings them both aboard his private ship to gloat that he will control the world's media after he gets exclusive coverage rights to the impending war, which will begin when the ship launches missiles at a British craft. At the last minute, however, Wai breaks free and creates a distraction that allows Bond to disable the missiles, kill Carver, and escape with her as the ship self-destructs. She and Bond then give in to the mutual attraction they had both been fighting during the mission, and become lovers.

Jack Wade[link]

Jack Wade makes his second appearance and the main article is found at List of James Bond allies in GoldenEye

Admiral Roebuck[link]

Rear Admiral Roebuck is a fictional character in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. He is portrayed by actor Geoffrey Palmer. Palmer also starred opposite with Dench for over a decade in the British sitcom As Time Goes By.

Film Biography[link]

In the pre-title sequence in the Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, Admiral Roebuck is seen looking at a terrorist arms bazaar in the communications centre in England. James Bond is at the scene and M wants Bond to finish the job, but Admiral Roebuck, who is impatient, simply goes for the naval option and orders a cruise missile launch to blow the place up. However, he does not realize that there is a pair of nuclear-tipped torpedoes amongst the arms; although they won't go nuclear with the cruise missile impact, will spread enough plutonium around so as to 'make Chernobyl look like [a] picnic'. When this is brought to their attention by Bond and Charles Robinson, he urgently calls for HMS Chester to abort the missile. However, the missile is now out of range of the Chester's control, and it is left to Bond to get the torpedoes out.

He is later responsible for sending in the entire British fleet to China, believing that the Chinese were responsible for the sinking of HMS Devonshire. M's cautious nature - sending Bond in to investigate - leads him to express the opinion that she does not have 'the balls' for the job. She retorts, "The advantage being that I don't have to think with them all the time." Later following Bond sending a message, M informs Roebuck that Elliot Carver is manipulating both sides and asks him to inform their men to begin searching for a ship that is almost invisible to radar. This information is later proven true when Bond's actions are able to expose Carver's stealth ship on radar.

Tay Za (IPA: [tèza̰]; Burmese: တေဇ, pronounced: [tèza̰]; also spelled Tayza or Teza; born 18 July 1967)^[3] is a Burmese business tycoon, and a close associate of the country's former Head of State, Than Shwe.

According to one source, he was born in 1964 at YGN. His father Myint Swe, is a retired Lieutenant Colonel working for the Minsitry of Information.^[4] He was the youngest of total 6 siblings. He passed 10th standard at TTC of Yangon in 1982. He attended the Defence Services Academy, as part of the 1982 intake, but dropped out during his third year to marry Thida Zaw (daughter of U Zaw and Daw Htoo of Gyobingauk), without the consent of his or her parents.^[4] Because of that he was sentenced for military prison. ^[5]

Business holdings[link]

His major business interests include Htoo Group and Air Bagan, the country's first and only fully privately-owned airline.^[6] In 2006/2007 Htoo Trading, a division of Htoo Holdings involved in teak log exports, was Burma's top private exporter and fifth largest overall, with gross revenues of $65.1 million.^[7]He began his career in the 1980s and started Htoo Group in the early 1990s to extract timber from Burma's forests.^[8]

Other activities include construction, tourism, infrastructure projects, and mobile phone services.

Tay Za's airline Air Bagan is the main sponsor of Yangon United Football Club, one of the nine professional football clubs in Myanmar competing for Myanmar National League (MNL) title. His son is chairman of the club.

Sanctions[link]

In 2007, following protests against the junta on the streets of many cities in Burma, the United States government imposed sanctions against Tay Za and the companies he controls including Htoo Trading and Air Bagan.^[9][10]

On 19 May 2010, his son, Pye Phyo Tay Za, lost a legal battle to overturn European Union sanctions against him at the Council of the European Union.^[11]

In March 2012, the European Court of Justice ruled that Pye Phyo Tay Za be allowed to regain access to his accounts in Europe, as he had testified that he was not at all connected to his father's business interests:^[12]

that he had lived with his mother in Singapore from the age of 13, that he had never worked for his father and that he had no shareholdings in companies in Myanmar, but he left certain other questions unanswered.

References[link]

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