The question is a bit ambiguous because who doesn't want a unified published textbook that has correct information. but the reality is each country has different perspectives and acquirement of historic events so it would be hard to come up with a unified textbook.

Manipulation of the audience's understanding of history's heroes and victims for support is cheap. Shouldn't the debaters also admit their own limited education? Or even the producers expect weak outcomes that convey a clear bias? I'm impressed competitors have a short time to write their speeches and rebuttals in a second language nonetheless.

Happy to see multiple societies working together on ways to overcome what often make us so angry later on, when we could instead work together constructively and create optimism.

Why there are no POIs for the opening govenment's prime minister? Because he is so formal and just debated based on what he wrote on his paper and read it all the time.

Okay but if the unified textbook only states fact, bigoted and inaccurate information that is unnecessary would not be included. With a unified textbook that all three nation's agree are 100% factual, students can use their other sources to develop their own ideas. Rather than oppressing a single opinionated perspective(for all three countries), students will have an accurate idea of what happened, other details decided on their own. This aids diversity in idea. All three nations most definitely would not agree on having any kinds of unnecessar, conflicting interpretations in a unified textbook. The uified textbook should lay down the facts, and what truly happened. If we don't acknowledge what really happened, when will we ever? The Japanese press, the Korean press, and the Chinese press all print what they truly think occurred in the past. This is because they were raised learning that their nation(regardless of how factual) was politically, economically, and morally correct. So if you think about it, all the students in the room are no different from those presses. They too have been educated from textbooks that favored their own nations. Nobody said that all other from of historical sources with the purpose of education would be abolished. The unified textbook should provide a fundamental book of history that is 100% accurate. No other opinions. But this cannot occur if we continue to believe that Korea nor China, not Japan was always generally correct. If only one event is historically correct, there should be no other perspective. What happened happened, and other details are irrelevant.

China and Japan could at least unify their textbook of ancient history. But Korea is impossible as they made too much distortion in their textbook.

Japan and South Korea would be hard enough, but China? I wouldn't hold my breath.

This was the less controversial topic, so it was hard for the opposition

I would really like to see a unified textbook, even specifically a world unified history textbook. However, it is just that there are too many villainous acts that countries would never like to expose due to their pride. These countries would never like to admit them and keep it in a guise as an act for country development.

Came here just to say those two guys were wearing uncle roger polo...

In basic, we are educated by history textbook in order to proud ourselves to own country. Therefore I object to unified textbook.😊

Even though distortion of facts is a thing in some countries Japan as they mentioned and it provides the reader with fake ideologies that they know are fake. I think that a UHT is important because it will introduce the reader to the different aspects of past and one day they have to face the reality of the publishing of a UHT is crucial in order to interepret the history in the most correct way possible.

I'm 99% sure that 50% of Lee Joon-young's parents are English native speakers (the last one percent is both are native speakers lol), really good job dude.

Where is North Korea?

Wow imagine a TV program like this in the U.S. wow O_O the western civilization is lacking thia type of educative entertainment.

if someone knows Lee Joon young, do let him know that I've been trying to look him up in every way possible....he is so good in putting up things that he clearly has no POI's....♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

What are the students on the back benches writing on their note?

the americans kids should see this

Textbook are representation of establishment. It is separate a thing from knowledge of existing differemt opinions. You can know that there are controversies but approbate establishment beacuse it erase conflicts. One country estabslishment is establishment like unified country establishment. It is in a sense JUST an establishment, you can be cynic either way. They confused democratic science inquiry with necessity to national pretending to indoctrinate masses, for example those who dont want to be educated. Important is to be peace state of not repressiveness. There are reasons why it is better to be not one autorotarian nation but few big countries with establishment for pretending. International cooperation should emphasis exsistence of many perspectives, tolerance but not in a historical cases with security importance or am i wrong,, am i?

In the end we must always remember: the CCP is always watching....

SoSmart

There are two girls sleeping behind the podium lol

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