<P> 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 . </P> <P> Yani Tseng is the most famous Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the US - based LPGA Tour . She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and had been ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013 . </P> <P> Taiwan uses two official calendars: the Gregorian calendar and the Minguo calendar . The latter numbers years starting from 1911, the year of the founding of the Republic of China . For example, 2007 is the "96th year of the Republic" (民國 96 年), while its months and days are numbered according to the Gregorian calendar . </P> <P> Usually, year numbering may use the Gregorian system as well as the ROC era system . For example, 3 May 2004, may be written 2004 - 05 - 03 or 93--05--03 . The use of two different calendar systems in Taiwan may be confusing, in particular for foreigners . For instance, products for export marked using the Minguo calendar can be misunderstood as having an expiration date 11 years earlier than intended . </P>

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