Editing Baseball in Taiwan (section)

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[[Baseball]] is a major sport in [[Taiwan]] that is often characterized as the [[national sport]] ({{Zh|t=國球}}). It was introduced during the [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese rule era]] around 1897 and gained popularity over time, culminating in some successes of Taiwanese teams in the Japanese system. The sport remained popular following the [[retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan]] despite the [[Kuomintang]] (KMT) government's deliberate policy of removing cultural links to Japan.

In the shifting international environment that eventually led to the ROC's departure from the [[United Nations]], the KMT government hijacked baseball as a tool for nation-building, pouring massive resources into the sport in the hopes of forging a stronger national identity.

The highest level of baseball in Taiwan is the [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]] (CPBL) founded in 1989.