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PE majors from the US gain valuable China experience

James Paterson, a 26-year-old postgraduate student studying physical education at the University of Wyoming in the United States, recently got to check something off his bucket list with a monthlong "best-ever experience" in China, joining a physical education exchange program at the Shanghai University of Sport.

As a member of the UW's delegation under the American Short-Term Study in China Initiative, launched by the two universities three years ago, Paterson made the journey to China and spent the whole of March in Shanghai, where he collected knowledge, inspiration, cultural and living experiences, as well as forged new friendships.

"I am very fortunate, as it has been one of my dreams to come here and do what I love, which is physical education," he said.