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A Legendary Chocolatier

Queenie Wu’s Road to Glory

In recent years, the rise of Taiwan’s chocolate industry has seen Queenie Wu’s emergence as a game changer in the field. Between 2020 and 2024, she won six Golds at the International Chocolate Awards, becoming the first Asian chocolatier to accomplish this feat.......

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Saying It with Chocolates

Queenie Wu’s Q Sweet

Queenie Wu dazzled the world of artisan chocolates by winning six Golds at the Inter­national Chocolate Awards between 2020 and 2024. Since she established Q Sweet in 2015, she has been expressing her heart and soul through chocolate.......

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A Tug-of-War Dream Come True

Taiwan’s Women Take Sixth World Games Gold

At the World Games held in Chengdu, China in August of 2025, Taiwan’s women’s tug-of-war team found their footing in the mud and won the gold medal in the 500-kilogram weight class, marking Taiwan’s sixth consecutive triumph in this event.......

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Never Give Up

Tug-of-War Coach Kuo Sheng

“When everyone is pulling together, as we move farther backward we all realize victory is ours!”—Coach Kuo Sheng, Taipei Jingmei Girls High School......

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Raising the Bar:

Yang Sen’s Road to Gold

At the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, powerlifter Yang Sen, competing in the super heavyweight equipped squat event, lifted 453.5 kilograms, setting a new world record. When added to his lifts in the bench press and deadlift, he had held aloft a total of 1118.5 kg for a total score of 108.9 poin......

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Yang Sen’s Secret:

From Brute Force to Superior Technique

Incredibly, the secret behind Yang Sen’s transition from also-­ran to world record breaker was a return to square one.......

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A Symphony of Taiwanese Fruits:

Ke Ya’s Love Letter to the World

Visiting the hometown of “Jam Queen” Ke Ya in Shengang, Changhua County, you’re immediately greeted by powerful winds—a local specialty. In 2019, those winds reached international shores as this daughter of Shengang took the jam world by storm, sweeping competitions in the UK and Japan. This t......

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A Taiwanese Aria in an Orange:

Into the Jamiverse with Ke Ya

Despite earning the prestigious Double Gold at the World’s Original Marmalade Awards, Ke Ya’s exploration continues apace. If British jams are rich and robust, and Japanese jams are delicate and refined, then what defines the soul of “Taiwanese-style jam”?......