Yes, the Filipino guy Roman Cruz Jr. was right in saying that the future is sometimes built in the past, while the South Korean boy Nak-Chung Paik was also right all along from his 1955’s views of Red China’s territorial ambition to conquer and dominate the world. What he was saying is happening now in the West Philippine Sea.
Meanwhile, the Norwegian and Australian debaters were just being idealistic, that they might regret what they were saying should they might still be alive by this time, and look what happened to the Red China they were defending right then. The Australian debater stressed that “communism won’t last,” but with the thriving of China’s domination at present, we can prove her wrong.
The Filipino and Korean guys just knew all along China’s motives – cunning and deceitful. (South) Koreans are really our allies right then and now.
The Korean boy, although he underscored that he didn’t hate Chinese, but their ideology – was always reminded of the blood, sweat and tears to gain freedom – how they fought with blood against Japanese imperialism and communist aggression.
The Filipino guy blatantly stressed that Red China used force as a means to achieve its ultimate goal. He said that Red China in recent history (at that time in 1955) had no intention by abiding with terms, treaties and agreements with Korea – that there should be no air bases built in North Korea, that there should be no communist jet planes in North Korea, and that prisoners should be repatriated, but after a few months Communist China built air bases in North Korea. See? It already happened in the past.
According to the Filipino guy Roman, “If only China would offer her friendly hands to us, but she’s only been provoking war.” Well, 66 years later, I also wish the same today.
Toward the end of the debate/discussion, the Korean boy said, which is sort of hit me to my spine and reflect, “If you really don’t want explosion and afraid of war, you can surrender to communism and live with slavery.“
Update: The South Korean boy in this 1955 student exchange program of New York Herald Tribune‘s World Youth Forum is still alive today and now a professor in South Korea, a scholar and author, you can find one of his books here https://amzn.to/2EVTcSw Nak-Chung Paik is emeritus professor of English literature at Seoul National University and co-chair of the Korea Peace Forum.
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