Wang Yang Jiao remembered as mother and mentor by daughter Cher Wang

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April 11-17, 2011

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Wang Yang Jiao remembered as mother and mentor by daughter Cher Wang



Reported by Lin Yi-ying

Written by Lydia Ma



Chi-Nan Presbyterian Church held a memorial service for one of its former 
members, Mrs. Wang Yang Jiao, on April 7, 2011, to celebrate her life and honor 
her legacy. Wang had been the second wife of Wang Yung-ching, an influential 
entrepreneur in Taiwan and founder of Formosa Plastics Corporation. Wang later 
became one of the richest and most successful men in Taiwan. 

“Mother, you are so dear to me. You are the most important and influential 
person in my life. I remember that you wanted me to become a person that’d 
bless society and ordinary people. I will always treasure this counsel in my 
heart,” said Cher Wang, the youngest daughter of Wang Yang-jiao, adding that 
she looked forward to seeing her mother again in heaven. Cher is the founder of 
HTC Corporation and VIA Technologies.

As the second wife of Wang Yung-ching, Wang Yang-Jiao became her husband’s most 
important supporter and served her in-laws faithfully. She heard the gospel 
through her father-in-law, who was a Christian, and was baptized in 1967 at 
Chinan Presbyterian Church in Taipei. Wang had 2 sons and 3 daughters with her 
husband.

Recounting their mother’s life, all of Wang Yang-Jiao’s children said she was 
an extraordinary woman who persevered despite many hardships. As a young child, 
she worked as a maid and a farm girl to help her family stay afloat 
financially. Upon her marriage to Wang Yung-ching at the age of 21 in 1946, she 
became a devoted housewife. 

When her husband remarried, she left behind what could’ve been a comfortable 
life in Taiwan and started anew in the U.S. at the age of 51. With merely 
US$3,000 borrowed from her elder son and daughter in her account, she brought 
her two youngest children, Cher and Walter, to the U.S. and raised them there. 
It was in the U.S. that she first learned how to drive at the age of 60. 

Her grandchildren gave moving testimonies and recalled that their grandmother 
learned to drive in order to drive them to and from school. She would later 
mortgage her house to help her daughter start her own business, now known as 
VIA Technologies.

This memorial was attended by approximately 3,000 people, including well-known 
figures such as President Ma Ying-jeou, Vice-President Vincent Siew, former 
President Lee Teng-hui and former First Lady Tseng Wen-hui.



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