Word: kwong
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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China was represented by two speakers, one of them a graduate of Harvard. They were: V. K. Kwong '29, Hongkong, China; and S. L. Chang, Swatow, China, W. E. Esber '31, and J. M. Swigert '30 spoke for the University. The chairman of the program was professor of Government, A. N. Holcombe...
...Kwong's arguments included the topic that Americans do not understand the Chinese as a civilized race of people, the attitude caused by the press being wrong. When questioned after the debate he made the following statement: "The Chinese are not just laundrymen and restaurant owners; there is a higher class of people, educated people. The abolition of Extra-territoriality will come in China, whether the western nations want it or not, and after it does come China will not be in a more disorganized state, for the foreign interference is a cause of frequent uprisings...
Four speakers will represent Harvard: W. E. Esber '31, J. M. Swigert '30, R. M. Alt '32, and A. A. Windecker '32. The Chineso council is composed of V. K. Kwong '29, and S. I. Chang, formerly of Harverford College. Professor A. A Holcombe '06, who was in China a year ago studying the government there, will be chairman of the program...
Swigeri, who formerly debated on the Harvard teams with Kwong, has returned to the University within the last month from China and Manchuria, where he has made particular observations up on the relations between the foreign Nationals and the Chinese. As a debater at Harvard, Kwong had an especially bril Hant record, his efforts being a major factor in tho Harvard success in 1927 and 1928 when the University won the Intercollegiate Debating League cham pionship...