Man who ‘ruined’ basketball to step downBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterSports fans have criticized Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politician Hsieh Dien-lin, calling him “the man who ruined Taiwan basketball” for being embroiled in numerous controversies and his cited failures and negligence as chairman of the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA). Chinese Taipei Basketball Association chairman and Changhua County Council Speaker Hsieh Dien-lin speaks to reporters in an undated photograph. It seemed to usher in a new era for Taiwan basketball,” she wrote. “We should be entering a ‘golden era’ for basketball in Taiwan, but teams are facing more and more issues,” she said. “Myself as CTBA chairman cannot solve all the problems.

Source: Taipei Times February 18, 2026 16:14 UTC