Sports
Baseball is Taiwan's national sport and it is a popular spectator sport. Two of the most famous Taiwanese baseball pitchers are Chien-Ming Wang and Wei- Yin Chen, both are starting pitchers in Major League Baseball. Other notable Players in the United States include Chin-hui Tsao who played for the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan was established in 1989, and eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003. As of 2008, the CPBL has four teams with average attendance of approximately 3,000 per game. Besides baseball, basketball is Taiwan's major sport. Taekwondo has also become a mature and successful sport in recent years, in the 2004 Olympics, Chen Shih-hsin and Chu Mu-yen won the first two gold medals in women's flyweight event and men's flyweight event. Subsequent taekwondo competitors such as Yang Shu-chun have strengthened Taiwan's taekwondo culture. Taiwan is also a major Asian country for Korfball, in 2008 Taiwan hosted the World Youth Korfball Championship and took the silver medal in 2009. Taiwan's korfball team won a bronze medal at the World Game.
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FOODS
Considering Taiwan's seafood recipes ans its map of marine products, a great variety meets the eye. Creatures such as lobster, red frog crab, swimming crab, grouper, and big eye tuna, which is rich in DHA, as well as fish suitable for eating raw, can all be found in Taiwan. The richness of littoral landforms and the convergence of ocean currents have literally turned Taiwan into a seafood kingdom. The style of cooking seafood in Taiwan is influence by those of Fujian, Guandong, and even Japan. It puts an emphasis on natural flavors rather than complex seasonings. When cooking, whether stewed, stir-fried, steamed or boiled, dishes tend to be light and often limit the need for flavoring to a variety of delicious sauces. Taiwanese tea, for one, has an established global reputations. The Dongding oolong tea and the Onental Beauty are among the favorite varieties. Also well-known is pearl milk tea, which brings together chewy tapioca spheres with all the fragrant aromas of Taiwanese tea to deliver superb taste and texture. As for desserts, shaved ice is a must-have when in Taiwan, where subtropical temperatures and extended summers have given rise to an innovative array of tempting ice desserts. Lastly, one must not leave Taiwan without acquiring a few local specialties as a perfect ending to the trip.
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