In the course of completing his BA and MA (and a Certificate of Languages), Sam spent a total of five years studying abroad, four in China (under a scholarship from the China Scholarship Council) and one in Japan (under the Japan Student Services Scholarship).
As a result he is fluent in Mandarin and Japanese. He is also proficient in French and Latin and has conversational Cantonese. Whilst at NNU, Sam served as Course Co-ordinator and Associate Lecturer in conversational English at the Faculty of National Education, taught English at the Experimental High School and played cello for the Festival Orchestra of Nanjing.
https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholars/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2014/samuel-forbes/
