Owen Wilson

• Name

Owen Wilson

• Age

20

• Scholar Year

2017/18

• Current Job/Degree

Chinese & Spanish at Edinburgh University

• Currently based in

Edinburgh

• How long have you learned Chinese?

2 ½ years (not including studying YCT1)

• Other Languages

Formally Chinese, but give Owen another year or so and he’s probably studied/looked at them all at one point

• Describe your Tianjin experience in one sentence

Absolutely the best year of my life (so far)

• What do you love about China?

It’s another world over there, and it’s hard to know what it’s really like without actually going and seeing it for yourself

• Best Opportunity learning Chinese has given you

The Scotland is Now event and going to the embassy where we met Nicola Sturgeon, and the St Andrew’s Ball, they’re all up there!

• Do you have future plans involving Chinese?

I want to work with languages in the future, I’ll definitely be going back to China in my 3rd year to study again, not sure where in China yet though!