The Hong Kong Marathon, sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, is an annual marathon race held in January or February in Hong Kong. In addition to the full marathon, a 10 km run and a half marathon are also held. Around 70,000 runners take part each year across all events.
In Taiwan, some of the most popular sports include baseball, basketball, badminton, football, softball, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. Martial arts such as tai chi and taekwondo are also practiced by many people. International-known athletes include Jeremy Lin, Tai Tzu-ying, Kuo Hsing-chun, Yu Chang, Chien-Ming Wang, Lin Yun-ju, Yang Chuan-kwang, Chou Tien-chen, Hsieh Su-wei, and Yani Tseng among others.
The Taipei Marathon is an annual marathon held in Taipei, Taiwan, on the third weekend in December. The event has a Gold Label from World Athletics and has been held annually since 1986. It is the preeminent long-distance annual running event in Taiwan.
The Taipei Twin Towers is a supertall skyscraper development in Taipei, Taiwan. Scheduled to be completed in 2027, it will include two skyscrapers, the taller of which is 369 metres with 74 floors and the shorter of which is 289 metres with 55 floors. It is located near Taipei Station, Shin Kong Life Tower, and Taipei Bus Station. When the complex is complete, the taller tower will be the second tallest building in Taiwan, surpassing the 347.5 metres 85 Sky Tower in Kaohsiung, which was completed in 1997. It is estimated to cost NT$60.6 billion.
The Taroko Gorge Marathon is an annual marathon running race held in Taroko National Park in Hualien, Taiwan.
The Dajia Riverside Park is a park located in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.
The Shanghai-Taipei City Forum or Taipei-Shanghai City Forum is an annual forum between the government and civilians of Shanghai and Taipei.
The New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon is the first and only one IAAF Silver Label Road Race in Taiwan.
The Taipei Hospital is a public hospital in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. As of 19 March 2023 in Taiwan, 10,231,343 are confirmed cases, including 18,775 deaths.
Yong-Jiu Grocery Store is a 2019 Taiwanese television series directed by Kao Pin-chuan and Tseng Ying-ting. The series was adapted from the comic by Ruan Guangmin of the same name, and starring Derek Chang and Christina Mok. It airs on CTS Main Channel and SET Metro starting August 16, 2019.
The 2021 T1 League draft was the first edition of the T1 League's annual draft. It was held online on July 28, 2021 originally and broadcast on YouTube, Facebook, and Line Today. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the draft was postponed to August 9. There were six teams joined the draft, including the Kaohsiung Aquas, the New Taipei CTBC DEA, the Taichung Suns, the Tainan team, the Taiwan Beer, and the Taoyuan Leopards. There were 58 players participated in the draft, and 17 players were chosen in 5 rounds.
The Nanjing Marathon is a World Athletics bronze label road race organized by the Chinese Athletics Association, Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau, and Nanjing Provincial People's Government.
The 2022 New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon was the twentieth edition of the annual marathon race in New Taipei City, the competition was held on Sunday 20 March 2022 and around 11,000 people join the races. The marathon events were won by Kenyan Felix Kimutai and Ethiopian Motu Megersa, Taiwanese runners Chou Ting-Yin and Lee Jia-Mei were the domestic first place.
The 2022 P. League+ draft, the second edition of the draft, is scheduled to be held on July 28, 2022, at Taipei New Horizon.
The 2022 Taipei Marathon was an Elite Label marathon race held in Taipei, Taiwan on December 18, 2022. It is the 26th running of the race.
The 2020 Taipei Marathon, the 24th running of that city's premier long-distance race, was held on December 20, 2020. Around 28,000 people ran in the event, of whom 22,189 finished.
The Tainan Historical Capital International Half Marathon, which began in 2007, is an annual half marathon held in Tainan, Taiwan. The race, which is being organized by the Chinese Taipei Athletics Association and the Tainan City Government, is currently preparing to apply for World Athletics Label Road Races status.
The Belau Omal Marathon is an annual marathon in Palau. The inaugural edition of the race was held on 4 June 2023.
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