Joyce Choi won the first prize in the global Chinese Bridge competition
With the COVID-19 pandemic, the 19-year-old Chinese Bridge speech competition moved to virtual for the first time in this special year. 135 tertiary students as representatives from 108 countries participated in the global final.
Joyce Choi, a student from the University of Auckland and winner of the Auckland regional contest, represented New Zealand and ended in the Top 10 of the world. After an exhausting five-hour long semi-final started at 12 AM on 30th Oct, Joyce won the First Prize in Oceania continent, which awards her a full doctoral scholarship to China.