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British actress Rosamund Pike’s 12-year-old son won the global championship at a Chinese language competition, gaining the respect of many people online.
On October 28, the Chinese Bridge contest announced You Zijun from Britain as the global champion of its latest Chinese proficiency show for primary school students, held in northern China’s Tianjin municipality.
The contest is held by the Chinese government-run Hanban annually to promote Chinese language among international students. It is the second time that You entered the contest.
It later transpired that You, whose real name is Solo Uniacke, is the elder son of Pike and her partner, businessman Robie Uniacke.
Both Solo and his younger brother, Atom, whose Chinese name is You Ziyuan, are fluent Mandarin speakers who learned from their self-taught father.
Pike, 45, graduated from Oxford University and made her film debut as a Bond girl in the 2002 film Die Another Day.