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14 Mar 2026
Kinas Global Indonusa support the 2018 Asian Games
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:inherit;margin:0.5em 0px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">The <b style="box-sizing:border-box;"><strong>2018 Asian Games</strong></b>, officially known as the <b style="box-sizing:border-box;"><strong>18th Asian Games</strong></b> and also known as <b style="box-sizing:border-box;"><strong>Jakarta Palembang 2018</strong></b>, is a pan-Asian <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-sport_event" title="Multi-sport event">multi-sport event</a> scheduled to be held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in the <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesian</a> cities of <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a> and <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palembang" title="Palembang">Palembang</a>.</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:inherit;margin:0.5em 0px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">For the first time, the <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian Games</a> are being co-hosted in two cities; the Indonesian capital of Jakarta (which is hosting the Games for the first time since <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_Asian_Games" title="1962 Asian Games">1962</a>), and Palembang, the capital of the <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sumatra" title="South Sumatra">South Sumatra</a> province. Events will be held in and around the two cities, including venues in <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandung" title="Bandung">Bandung</a> and province of <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Java" title="West Java">West Java</a> and <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banten" title="Banten">Banten</a>. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games will be held at <a style="background:none transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelora_Bung_Karno_Stadium" title="Gelora Bung Karno Stadium">Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium</a> in Jakarta.</p>