Saturday, January 9, 2010 @ 12:18 PM Author: clarinda
Li Shengwu’s finale speech at World Universities Debating ChampionshipWednesday, 6 January 2010
Li Shengwu is the grandson of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. He has been ranked the top debater at the world’s biggest debating tournament, beating more than 700 others to be ranked number one. Mr Li, who turns 25 this year, is currently pursuing graduate study in economics at Oxford University. The motion of the debate was “The media should show the horrors of war” while Shengwu was on the proposition team.
Oxford A is Closing Government (2nd Proposition). Here is the 1st Speaker (Li Shengwu) of Oxford A at WUDC Kocworlds 2010 Grand Final.
Motion: This House believes that the media should show the full horror of war.
1P Harvard A
1O London School of Economics
2P Oxford A
2O Sydney A
Sydney A won