Inspiring young people to succeed can be a lifelong calling Born in Taiwan but emigrating to theUnited States when he was a baby,Paul C．Chou grew up fantasizingover images of Beijing.Chou’s par-ents，who were both born in Beijingbut went to Taiwan in 1949,told their sixchildren about the good old days of eatingTanghulu,a traditional snack of crystallinesugar-coated haws on a stick，watchingPeking Opera，visiting temple fairs duringSpring Festival and shopping at the century―old Dong’an Market in the heart of the city．