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Taipei Times
Date: Aug 19, 2018
By: AP and CNA, JAKARTA
Taiwan entered the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium to enthusiastic cheers
Taiwan march into the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium during the opening ceremony for the Asian Games in Jakarta yesterday.
Photo: AP
yesterday at the spectacular Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games in Jakarta.
The nation’s 108 athletes in 11 disciplines along with 39 doctors and support staff marched in the Parade of Nations beneath a banner reading “Team Chinese Taipei” held by weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun, a bronze medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Delegates also held banners that said “Terima Kasih” — “thank you” in Indonesian — and “We love Jakarta.”
More than 50,000 spectators also cheered wildly as athletes from the rival Koreas paraded side-by-side behind a “unification” flag.
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