in March 2009, Taiwan’s national baseball team faced its bitter rival, the Chinese national team, in the Asia round of theWorld Baseball Classic at the Tokyo dome. Baseball, an integral part of Taiwanese culture for more than a century, is still relatively unpopular and unknown in the People’s republic of China (PrC). But that did not stop the PrCteam,managed byAmericanTerryCollins, fromdefeatingTaiwan (the republic of China, or roC) by a decisive score of 4–1, the second straight Chinese upset of Taiwan
