Our Students' Achievements

Victories across Taiwan and beyond. Awards, rankings, and what students say.

Mollie Cheng

Harvard University;
IBSH

Debate teaches me to acknowledge my strengths while embracing my weaknesses because taking criticism seriously is the quickest way to improve. I am sure these lessons are the ones I will apply to my life far into the future, even after I graduate high school.

  • WSDC National Team Taiwan 2021-2022
  • Champion, Cambridge Asia British Parliamentary (CABP) Debate Championship
  • WSDC National Team Taiwan 2021-2022
  • Champion, Cambridge Asia British Parliamentary (CABP) Debate Championship
  • ESL Semifinalist, Oxford WSDC 2021
  • Champion, Fuhsing Debate Open 2021 (AP)
  • Octo-Finalist & ESL 9th Best Speaker, Slovenia WSDC (IDTL) 2021
  • Partial Double Octo-Finalist, Eursaisn Schools Debating Championship 2022 (WS)
  • Quarter-Finalist, 5th International Schools Debating Championship 2021 (WS)
  • Open Quarter-Finalist & Open 8th Best, Taiwan Schools Debate Championship 2020 (WS)

Emily Li

University of Pennsylvania;
Taipei European School; Fuhsing Private

Personally, I appreciate learning from experience. Through practice rounds and tournaments, I’ve picked up new skills and techniques to incorporate into my own debating style! Debating really is for anyone and everyone, as long as you have the passion for speaking your ideas!

  • Quarterfinalist, WSDC 2024
  • Semifinalist, Prague Debate Spring 2024

  • Champion, Fuhsing Debate Open 2024

  • WSDC Team Taiwan 2023 Alternate

  • Champion, Fuhsing Debate Open 2023

  • Grandfinalist, Habib University Debating Championship 2021 (BP)

  • Junior Champion & Junior 2nd Best Speaker, Chingshin English Debate Open 2021 (WS)

  • Open Silver Quarter-Finalist & U16 5th Best Speaker, TOC WSDC Asia 2022

  • Open Quarterfinalist, Diliman Schools BP 2023

  • Junior Gold Grand-Finalist & Junior 2nd Best Speaker, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2021 (WS)

  • Open Quarter-Finalist & Novice 8th Best Speaker, Nanyang Technological University Pro Ams 2021 (BP)

Sienna Chien

UWC Germany;
Tianmu Junior Higjh

The beautiful thing about debate is that you don’t get to just stay in your own pool of opinion. Through the silent time, the proposing of arguments, the model building and layers of analysis, you’ll slowly realize that things might not be as simple as you think. This simple feature of debating has made me more open-minded as a person.

  • Octo-Finalist, Taiwan Online Debate Open 2020 (AP)
  • Semi-Finalist, Taiwan Junior Debate Challenge 2019 (WS)

Henry Chien

Taipei European School; Taipei American School

Debate is about proposing logical arguments and analysis to win controversial motions, and I like the feeling of working hard to build a robust case and that case being commended for being more logically or more right in principle than the other side’s.

  • Champion, East Asian Round Robin 2021 (WS)
  • Junior Champion, Chingshin English Debate Open 2021 (WS)
  • Open Grand-Finalist, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2023
  • Junior Gold Grand-Finalist, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2021 (WS)
  • Semi-Finalist & Best Speaker, Chingshin English Debate Challenge 2022 (WS)

Ted Chang

Harvard University; London School of Economics;
Shanghai American School

Debate is not just a skill, but a critical method of engaging with the world that helps us make it tangibly better.

  • Open Quarter-Finalist & 11th Best Speaker, WUDC 2023 (BP)
  • Open Octo-Finalist & 9th Best Speaker, WUDC 2022 (BP)
  • Quarter-Finalist, EUDC 2022 (BP)
  • Partial Octo-Finalist, EUDC 2023 (BP)
  • Open Semi-Finalist, UNSW Mini Open (Easters) 2020 (Australs)
  • Champion & 5th Best Speaker, China WSDC 2019 (WS)
  • Quarter-Finalist, Asian World Schools Debating Championship 2019 (WS)
  • Grand-Finalist & 5th Best Speaker, China Nations Schools Debating Championship 2018 (WS)

Enzo Wu

Oxford University;
Taipei European School

Debating has had a massive positive impact on my ability to think critically and consider every conviction and perspective that I hold. Through discussing different views and evaluating the application of principles, debating forces you to challenge every assumption, a skill not just vital for every learner, but also for life decisions as a whole.

  • Open Champion, Asia World Schools Debate Open 2021
  • Silver Champion, Imperial Novices BP 2025
  • Grand-Finalist, WOLCE ProAm 2021 (BP)

  • Champion, Chingshin English Debate Challenge 2022 (WS)

  • Open Champion, Debate A+ & Peitho International Open 2023

  • Open Grand-Finalist, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2023

  • Novice Champion, Novice Finals Best Speaker & Novice 4th Best Speaker, Fuhsing Debate Open 2021 (AP)

  • Open Octofinalist, Diliman Schools BP 2023

  • Open Quarter-Finalist, Nanyang Technological University Pro Ams 2021 (BP)

  • Junior Semi-Finalist, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2020 (WS)

  • Quarter-Finalist, Taiwan Junior Debate Challenge 2019 (WS)

Chi Chi Tsai

Smith College;
HSNU

Debate inducted me into a community of friendly, ambitious, brilliant kids and coaches who still inspire and support me to this day, years after I’ve officially left the high school debate circuit. Debate taught me how to handle failure, how to work towards something worthwhile, how to collaborate and empathize with others.

  • Team Taiwan Captain, World Schools Debate Championship (WSDC) 2016
  • Champion, Taiwan Nationals Policy Debate 2016, 2017
  • Debate Coach at Chingshin Academy
  • Grand-Final Judge, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2020

Eric Chang

Cisian Junior High; Kaohsiung Municipal Senior High

I see debating as an alternative that allows self-expression in the most meaningful manner. It was the simple idea of thinking outside the box that motivated me to dive deeper into debate, and return with a wholesome experience of overcoming challenges in the process.

  • Quarterfinalist, WSDC 2024
  • Semifinalist, Prague Debate Spring 2024
  • Champion, Fuhsing Debate Open 2024
  • Champion & 3rd Novice Best Speaker, Pakistan Debate Open 2021 (BP)
  • Novice Champion, Diliman Pre-ABP 2023 (BP)
  • Novice Champion, Diliman Schools BP 2023 (BP)
  • Semi-Finalist, Asia E-Debate Challenge 2021 (AP)
  • Open Semi-Finalist & Junior Best Speaker, Fuhsing Debate Open 2021 (WS)
  • Open Gold Semi-Finalist, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2022 (WS)
  • Junior Quarter-Finalist & Junior 3rd Best Speaker, Taiwan Schools Debate Championship 2020 (WS)
  • Quarter-Finalist, Taiwan Junior Schools Challenge 2019 (WS)

More GMA Victories 🏆

Kristina Yang
Yale University; Taipei American School

  • Octo-Finalists, Greater Bay Area Championships 2019 (WS)
  • Junior Division Champion, Taiwan Pre-NEAO 2018 (BP)
  • Novice Semi-Finalists, Suzhou International Tournament 2018 (BP)

Katherine Liu
University of Pennsylvania; Taipei Fuhsing Private

  • WSDC National Team Taiwan 2019
  • Semi-Finalist, Taiwan Debate Open Online 2020 (AP)
  • Octo-Finalist, Slovenia WSDC (IDTL) 2021
  • Octo-Finalist, Thailand Debate Open 2018 (AP)
  • 11th Breaking Team & 10th Best High School Speaker, Northeast Asia Open 2019 (BP)
  • Octo-Finalist, Eursaisn Schools Debating Championship 2021 (WS)
  • Double Octofinalist, Virtural Vancouver WSDC 2020 (WS)

Karina Wang
University of Pennsylvania; Taipei American School

  • Open Quarter-Finalist, 4th Linkbate 2021 (BP)
  • Quarter-Finalist, Asia Schools Debate Open 2020 (BP)
  • Octo-Finalist, Asian Online Debating Championship 2022 (WS)

Jeffery Cheng
University of California, Berkeley; IBST

  • WSDC National Team Taiwan 2018
  • Octo-Finalist & 12th Overall Best Speaker, Asian World Schools Debate Championship 2019 (WS)
  • Octo-Finalist, Prague Debate Spring 2018 (WS)
  • Grand-Finalist & Best High School Speaker, Taiwan Pre-NEAO 2018 (BP)

Brandon Yu
Brown University; Fuhsing Private

  • WSDC National Team Taiwan 2017
  • Champion, Fuhsing Debate Open 2019 (AP)
  • Semi-Finalist & 10th Best Speaker, Formosa Debate Open 2016 (BP)

Amy Tang
Yale University; Affiliated High School of Jiaotong

  • Champion & Outstanding Speaker, NSDA Shanghai Regional 2018 (PF)
  • JV International Third Place, Stanford National Invitational 2018 (PF)
  • Double Octo-Finalist, Shanghai International Debate Open 2019 (BP)

Yvette Tseng
Georgetown University; Fuhsing Private

  • WSDC National Team Taiwan 2021
  • Semi-Finalist, Taiwan Debate Online Open 2020 (WS)
  • Quarter-Finalists & 7th Best Speaker, Kyushu Debate Open 2019 (BP)
  • Octo-Finalist, Eurasian Schools Debating Championship 2021 (WS)
  • Double Octofinalist, Virtual Vancouver WSDC 2020 (WS)

Dennis Yang
University College London; IBST

  • WSDC National Team Taiwan 2016 & 2017
  • Breaking Adjudicator, Prague Debate Spring 2018 (WS)
  • Chief Adjudicator, National Chengchi University Novice Cup 2020 (BP)

Lily Ku
National Taiwan University; Chingshin Academy

  • Champion & Best Speaker, Chingshin Debate Open 2024 (AP)
  • Champion, NCCUxNTU Debate Novice Cup 2021 (AP)
  • Open Grandfinalist, Kyushu Debate Open 2024 (BP)
  • Silver Grandfinalist & 7th Novice Best Speaker, KCL Pro-Am 2021 (BP)
  • Quarterfinalist, Taipei Debate Open 2024 (BP)
  • Grandfinalist & 6th Novice Best Speaker, Strathclyde President’s Cup 2021 (BP)
  • Grandfinalist & Best Speaker, Chingshin Debate Open 2021 (AP)
  • Open Gold Quarter Finalist and 9th Best Speaker, TSDC 2021 (WS)
  • Winning Team & Best Speaker, Taiwan National High School Policy Debate Competition 2023
  • Quarterfinalist, Fuhsing Debate Open 2021
  • Semifinalist, Vocalize Debate 2021 (WS)
  • Novice Champion, Derozio Memorial Debate 2021 (Australs)

Cynthia Chen
University of Melbourne; IBST

  • WSDC National Team Taiwan 2019
  • Octo-Finalist, Asian World Schools Debate Championship 2019 (WS)
  • Octo-Finalist, Prague Debate Spring 2018 (WS)
  • Grand-Finalist, Fuhsing Debate Open 2018 (AP)

Victor Su
New York University; IBSH

  • WSDC National Team Taiwan 2017, 2018
  • Octo-Finalist & 9th Overall Best Speaker, Asian World Schools Debate Championship 2019 (WS)
  • Octo-Finalist, Prague Debate Spring 2018 (WS)
  • Grand-Finalist, Taiwan Pre-NEAO 2018 (BP)

Isabel Lee
Taipei American School

  • Schools Champion and 4th Best Speaker, TSDC 2025 (WS)
  • Open Quarterfinalist, TSDC 2024 (WS)
  • Schools Grand Champion &10th Best Speaker, Formosa BP Open 2025 (BP)
  • 8th Best Schools Speaker, Formosa BP Open 2024 (BP)
  • Gold Champion, Wego Debate Open 2025 (WS)

Belle Hsiao
Taipei Fuhsing Private

  • Pro-Am Semifinalist, Taiwan International Debate Open 2025
  • Gold Champion & 8th Best Speaker, Wego Debate Open 2025
  • Junior Champion & 5th Best Speaker, TSDC 2025
  • Schools Champion & 10th Best Schools Speaker, Formosa BP Open 2025

Josephine Cheng
University of Pennsylvania; Fuhsing Private

  • Semi-Finalist, Formosa Debate Open 2018 (BP)
  • Octo-Finalist, Prague Debate Spring 2018 (WS)
  • 11th Breaking Team, China National Schools Debating Championship 2017 (WS)
  • Champion, Fuhsing Debate Open 2017 (AP)

Alexander Chen
Taipei European School; Taipei American School

  • Open Grand-Finalist, Chingshin Debate Open 2023 (AP)
  • U-16 Quarterfinalist, Asia Pacific WSDC 2023
  • Open Quarterfinalist, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2023 (WS)

Megan Su
Taipei American School

  • Open Grand-Finalist, Taiwan International Debate Open 2025 (AP)
  • Open Grand-Finalist, Chingshin Debate Open 2023 (AP)
  • Open Quarterfinalist, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2023 (WS)

Alexander Jen
Taipei American School

  • Schools Champion & Schools Final Best Speaker, I&T Debate Open 2023
  • Open Grand-Finalist, Chingshin Debate Open 2023 (AP)
  • Open Quarterfinalist, Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2023 (WS)
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