Chien became the youngest Taiwanese basketball player ever to make the national team at age 15.

In the 1993 Summer Universiade, she set a record by scoring 84 points in a 117-35 blowout win against Hong Kong.

In 1999, she tried out for the Orlando Miracle in the Women's National Basketball Association, but failed to make the cut.

She was also the oldest player ever to represent Chinese Taipei when she played in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, and at the age of 37, still averaged 20 points per game.

In 2012, she ran for a seat in New Taipei City at the Taiwanese legislative election, representing the Chinese Nationalist Party, but lost to Lin Shu-fen.