Taiwan ice hockey coach achieves goal in Wuhan

Huang teaches in both Chinese and English, and his students learn English expressions related to the game while they are playing.

As more schools are promoting winter sports, he has launched roller hockey courses at some international schools in Wuhan, including Wuhan Australian International School and Wuhan Foreign Languages School Meiga Academy.

"It's fun and encourages children to exercise. Because they often fall, it's helpful to develop their ability to deal with frustration and failure," he said, adding that some parents plan to send their children to study abroad in the future and playing the sport will be helpful to their applications and making local friends.

In August, he started a company in Wuhan providing ice and roller hockey training services and obtained a 20-square-meter office for free, benefiting from a local preferential policy which assists startups from Taiwan.

His company currently has seven employees and the expansion of his business means that he is now training several coaches who are sports major graduates from local universities. He has held three ice hockey exchange matches in Wuhan, hoping to bring together fans of the sport.

"I like Wuhan as it's a nice place to live and I feel at home," he said. He also met his girlfriend in the city and plans to take her to visit his parents in Taiwan.

Liu Kun contributed to this story.