He believed that in order for his colony to work, everyone had to have an open mind, and get along. His colony was based on the premise that anyone from any culture, anywhere, could live together in peace
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south.
Prior to the Qing Dynasty, China had resisted foreign influence because they "were geographically too hard to reach" since many mountain regions provided protection.
