2nd China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2012 ( 7th to 14th July), Hangzhou, China‏

Dear Debate Friends,

I am happy to announce that we will be holding the 2nd China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2012 this summer in the city of Hangzhou, China.

Last year, 32 high school teams from the cities/territories of Macau, Hong Kong, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Tianjin and Wuxi took part in the inaugural event held at Jinling High School in Nanjing.  This year, we will give you more exciting debates, even better judges, and a lot more fun.  We are holding this event this July in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Hangzhou, which is renowned for its breathtakingly beautiful West Lake. 

We would like to invite your high schools and/or your former high schools to send debate teams to take part in this event. Together, we will celebrate the growth of high school English debating in China and give our young people 7 days of intellectual summer fun and many good memories to bring back to their homes and cities.

This is non-profit debate education project aimed at proliferating debate as a student development activity.

Please help us to spread the word on this event by forwarding this email to high teachers, debate trainers and high school students you know who may be interested to come and join our debate party. 

Below is a summary of the event:

1.  Dates: 7th to 14th July (Arrival on 7th July and Departure on 14th July)

2.  Location: Hangzhou Foreign Languages School, Hangzhou, China

3.  Debate Format : 3-on-3 World Schools' Style 

     (World Schools' Debating Championship or WSDC Debate Format)

4.  Tournament Capacity: 50 to 60 Teams

5.  Schedule: Please see Schedule at our website at :  http://cnsdc.wordpress.com/

6.  Tournament Structure

a)  Main Competition  -- For Mainland Chinese High School Teams

b)  International Finals Series -- For High School Teams from Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, International Schools in China, and the rest of the world

c)  8 Preliminary Rounds of Debates, Octo to Grand Final

d)  High Schools do not need bring along judges as we will be inviting top local/overseas judges to provide quality adjudication

7.  Registration Fee -- 800 Chinese Yuan/RMB per debater/teacher/accompanying judge (excludes hotel accommodation)

8. Registration Deadline: 21st May 2012

9. Registration Method : Send Registration Form A by 21st May 2012 to both these email addresses: 

a)  cnhsdc@sina.com

b)  George Chen at: georgecc1991@hotmail.com

10. Social Events

a)  Opening Ceremony/Welcome Dinner

b)  Break Night Dinner & Party 

c)  Grand Final/Closing Ceremony/Awards Presentation/Championship Dinner

11.  Tournament Website

Our Tournament Website is at:   http://cnsdc.wordpress.com/

For more information or clarifications, please write to Loke Wing Fatt at: lokewingfatt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Ms Tang Meng

Convenor

Director of Debate, Hangzhou Foreign Languages School, Hangzhou, China

Loke Wing Fatt

Overall-in-charge/Chief Adjudicator

2nd China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2012

President

Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)

Singapore

Website: saidsg.wordpress.com

China Open 2012‏

Willamette University, the International Debate Education Association, and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics proudly announce the Third Annual China Open to be held on May 25 - 27, 2011. 

 

The tournament will feature competition in three divisions: English and Mandarin divisions of British Parliamentary debate and an English division of Moot Court. 

 

Invitation

Schedule

Registration Information

Call for Host of 2012 IDEA China Open Debate Tournament

IDEA would like to remind everyone about the open call to host the 3rd annual IDEA China Open Debate Tournament in 2012. Previously Xi'an Jiaotong University (2010) and Northeast University of Qinghuandao (2011) graciously served as hosts for the tournament. As the tournament has grown in size and popularity, IDEA has been approached by various schools wishing to host the tournament going forward. In order to choose among these offers fairly, we feel that it is important to have an open bidding process.

We therefore request that any school interested in hosting the 2012 IDEA China Open Debate Tournament submit the following information to this year's tournament director, Robert Trapp (trapp@willamette.edu ) and the executive director of IDEA-US, Alex Dukalskis (adukalskis@idebate.org ):

1. A letter of application from the applicant detailing the reasons for wishing to host the tournament, the facilities available for the tournament, and tentative budget.

2. The name, background and qualifications of the person who will serve as Tournament Host.

3. A letter of support from the university from a person at least as high-ranking as a dean.

Please submit by email to Robert and Alex. We are extending the deadline to September 15, 2011. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

Results & Report of the 1st China National High School English Debating Championships

The 1st China National High School English Debating Championships 2011 was held from 23rd to 29th July at the prestigious, century-old Jinling High School in the ancient city of Nanjing, China. A total of 32 high school teams from 6 Chinese cities, Nanjing, Chengdu, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Macau and Hong Kong competed in 8 World Schools Style Preliminary Rounds from 25th to 27th July. 12 teams advanced to the Pre-Quarter Finals on 28th July.




In the Grand Final, Team Pointless from Hangzhou Foreign Languages School from Hangzhou City, comprising Kevin Wang, Li Shu and Eunice Yu, defeated Team Ying Wa College from Hong Kong on a 5 to 2 majority vote. The Best Speaker of the Grand Final was Kevin Wang of Hangzhou Foreign Languages School. The debate motion for the Grand Final was "This House believes Western Governments should assassinate dictatorial leaders who use violence against their own people to stay in power."



The Best Speaker of the Tournament was Ms Fernanda Lai of Diocesan Girls' School from Hong Kong.



I would like to thank the following key people for making this inaugural event a smoothly organised one full of excellent debates and great fun for the 100-odd Chinese high school students:



Conveners: Ms Winnie Wang, Mr Benjamin Chen and Ms Tang Meng

Deputy Chief Adjudicators: "TJ" Thepparith Senamngern, Nicole Ng, Zheng Bo, Christy Bradley

Registration Directors: George Chen and Elliot Shi

Invited Independent Judges: Ms Faith Raagas, Ms Smile Deng, Ms Sufey Chen, Ms Kan Ma, Mr Raymond Lio, Ms Athena Liu, Ms June Fang, Ms Wang Ying Chong Grace, Ms Maria Qu, Ms Kata He, Ms Wang Yihan, Ms Kathy Zhang, Mr Tom Tung, Mr Diego Fang, Mr Low Kim Heng, Mr Nicholas Huang, Mr Tan Qi, Mr Neo Shao, Ms Nicki Liu, Mr Ted Cheng, Ms Rowena Wu, Mr Noah Wise



The full Results of the event and the Debate Motions are below:



12 Breaking Teams:

1. Avada Kedavra (Semi-Finalist)

2. Straight Man! (Semi-Finalist)

3. Pointless (Champion)

4. YingWa (Finalist)

5. Ciborium (Quarter-Finalist)

6. Muhammed Ali Hussein (Quarter-Finalist)

7. Nirvana (Quarter-Finalist)

8. CR Winner (Quarter-Finalist)

9. Accelarator (Pre-Quarter-Finalist)

10. Wingardium Laviosa (Pre-Quarter-Finalist)

11. The Catalyst (Pre-Quarter-Finalist)

12. Decepticon (Pre-Quarter-Finalist)



Best Speakers of the Tournament:

1. Fernanda Lai(DGS), HK, Avada Kedavra

2. Carrie Li (HFLS) Avada Kedavra

2. Sally Feng (HFLS) Straight Man!

4. Kevin Wang (HFLS) Pointless

5. Amy Wu (HFLS) Straight Man!

6. John Ye (HFLS) Straight Man!

6. Eunice Yu (HFLS) Pointless

8. Li Shu (HFLS) Pointless

9. Phyliss Qian (HFLS) Avada Kedavra

10. Alex Leung (Ying Wa College), HK, YingWa



5 Special Awards:

1. Most Enthusiastic Debater Award: Hammer An, (Nankai High School), Debatepedia

2. Most Stylish Debater Award: Alex Leung, (Ying Wa College, HK), YingWa

3. Most Humourous Debater Award: Joe Johnson, (JLHS), Three Stupid Idiots

4. The Spirit of Debate Award: Gollum Yang, (CFLS) Bald Lovers

5. Best Teammate Award: Caesar Gao, (NFLS) CR Winner



Debate Motions:



Round 1

This house would ban advertisements that use gender stereotypes.

Round 2

This House believes that university students should pay the full costs of their education.

Round 3

This House believes that environmental protection should come second to economic growth in developing countries.

Round 4

This House believes that animals should not be used as objects of sport and entertainment.

Round 5

This House would allow citizens to sell their organs.

Round 6

This House would require that students in all high schools (secular, religious, public, private, etc.) learn the beliefs of people of all major faiths, including those of no faith at all (atheists/agnostics).

Round 7 (Silent)

This House would require users of online social networks to disclose their real identity.


Round 8 (Silent)

This house believes that prisoners should have the right to vote in general elections held to form a national parliament.

Pre-Quarter Finals

This House believes that all countries should give up the use of nuclear energy.

Quarter-Finals

This House believes that the Arab World should stop selling oil to France until it removes its ban on the wearing of the Islamic Female Head Dress (Burqa) in Public.

Semi-Finals

THW allow school boards to fire teachers whose class consistently underperforms in standardized tests.

Grand Final

This House believes Western Governments should assassinate dictatorial leaders who use violence against their own people to stay in power.



The Full Tab of the Championship is found at:



http://debateclub.cn/minisites/CNHSDC2011-FullTab/index.html



cheers,





Loke Wing Fatt

Chief Adjudicator & Overall-in-charge

1st China National High School English Debating Championships 2011

President



Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)

Singapore

Website: saidsg.wordpress.com

1st China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2011

Dear Friends of Debate, I am happy to announce that we will be holding the 1st China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2011 this summer in the city of Nanjing, China.

We would like to invite your high schools and/or your former high schools to send debate teams to compete in this inaugural, ground-breaking event in China.




Please help us to spread the word on this event by forwarding it to teachers, debate trainers and students you know who may be interested to consider coming to join our debate party.

Below is a summary of the event at a glance:
1. Dates: 23th to 29th July (Arrival on 23rd and Departure on 29th July)

2. Location: Jinling High School, Nanjing, China

3. Debate Format : 3-on-3 World Schools' Style
(World Schools' Debating Championship or WSDC Debate Format)

4. Tournament Capacity: 50 Teams

5. Schedule: Please see Schedule document attached.

6. Tournament Structure
a) Main Competition -- For Mainland Chinese High School Teams
b) International Finals Series -- For High School Teams from Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, International Schools in China, and the rest of the world
c) 8 Preliminary Rounds of Debates, Quarter to Grand Final
d) High Schools do not need bring along judges as we will be inviting top local/overseas judges to provide quality adjudication

7. Registration Fee -- 800Chinese Yuan/RMB per debater/teacher/judge (excludes hotel accommodation)

8. Registration Deadline: 21st May 2011

9. Registration Method : Submission of Registration Form A (attached) by 21st May 2011 to both these email addresses:
1. chinahighschooldebate2011@hotmail.com
2. George Chen at: georgecc1991@hotmail.com

10. Social Events
a) Opening Ceremony/Welcome Dinner
b) Break Night Dinner & Party
c) Grand Final/Closing Ceremony/Awards Presentation/Championship Dinner

11. Tournament Website
A Tournament Website will be ready by 23rd April. It will contain the same information I have given in the attached documents, and will be updated regularly.

Thanking you and hoping to hear from you, on behalf of the Organising Committee.

For more information or clarification, please write to me.

cheers,

loke wing fatt
Overall-in-charge/Chief Adjudicator
1st China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2011
Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)
Singapore
Website: saidsg.wordpress.com

Scholarships available for the China Advocacy Institute

Get the tools you need to advocate for sustainability during the China Advocacy Institute.


The Advocacy Institute is an inter-disciplinary course set in Dalian, China that enrolls university students from China, the US, and other countries around the world. The institute's goal is to equip students with a deeper understanding of sustainability and provide the tools necessary for advocacy. This diverse course includes lecture, discussion, debate, media, and field trips to relevant sites.

This year, students will explore sustainability through two case studies of environmental disaster: the 2010 oil spills in Dalian, China and the Gulf of Mexico. Through lectures and discussion, instructors will guide students in analyzing how an oil spill impacts the environment and local livelihoods. The course will examine government and corporate responses to each of the two oil spills. As an interactive extension of course materials, Professor Robert Trapp will teach students to debate the issues formally. A professor of Graphic Arts from Dalian Nationalities University will exhibit his photographs of the Dalian oil spill and guide students on a tour of the site.

For more details, visit http://willamette.edu/dept/idea/advocacy_institute

Application Deadline: 15 April, 2011

Program Fee: We are offering full scholarships for international applicants outside China and the U.S., who have not attended the Advocacy Institute in previous years. For Chinese students who are not attending Dalian Nationalities University, the cost is RMB 650. The program fee does not include airfare.

Program Dates: May 18 - June 3, 2011 (must arrive in China on May 17 -- instructions will be given to selected participants)

Program Location: Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, Liaoning, China

Application form: Download application form on the Office of International Education website: http://willamette.edu/dept/idea/advocacy_institute/apply/

Last week for travel subsidies to judge in China!

Frist, thanks to all who have already submitted applications for adjudicator positions at the FLTRP Cup. We will make our first-round assessments for travel subsidies for adjudicators interested in attending the FLTRP Cup on March 10. If you have not submitted your application by this date you will likely miss out on available travel subsidy funds. Please visit http://www.chinadebate.org/Adjudicator.asp to apply.


The Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP), organizer of the most prestigious English language debating tournament in China, invites you participate as a guest adjudicator at the 15th FLTRP Cup National English Debating Championship. The FLTRP Cup will be held May 7-14, 2011 at the FLTRP’s Convention Center in Beijing.


To apply to be an adjudicator, please visit: http://www.chinadebate.org/Adjudicator.asp

Last year, the FLTRP Cup made a successful transition to the British Parliamentary format, the style of debating employed by the World Universities Debating Championships. This transition was critical to connecting Chinese universities to the world of international debating and required the cooperation of volunteers willing to contribute their experience as adjudicators to the effort. We had an outstanding group of adjudicators attend, including Jess Prince (Canada), Sam Greenland (Australia), Josh Martin (USA), Stephen Boyle (Ireland), Lars Duursma (the Netherlands), Uri Merhav (Israel), Loke Wing Fatt (Singapore), Filip Dobranic (Slovenia), Jason Rogers (Canada), Justice Motlhabani (Botswana) and Monica Ferris (Canada) just to name a few. To continue the progress made last year, we are even more committed to bringing qualified adjudicators to this year's tournament.

Though the competition is open only to Chinese university students, there is a great need for skilled adjudicators to ensure that the standards of the BP style are upheld. To encourage you to participate in this effort, the FLTRP is sponsoring an incentive package for all qualified adjudicators with significant BP experience who agree to adjudicate at the 15th FLTRP Cup. All qualified adjudicators will receive:

· Scheduled transfers from Beijing airport to the FLTRP Convention Center (May 7)
· Hotel at the FLTRP Convention Center (May 7-14)
· All meals while at the Convention Center (May 7-14)
· Transfer to downtown Beijing (May 14)
· Hotel in downtown Beijing (May 14-17)
· Tours of major sites like the Great Wall & Forbidden City (May 15-16)
· Some meals while in downtown Beijing (May 15-16)
· Transfers to airport on May 17

Additionally, we will offer partial air travel subsidies to select qualified adjudicators.

The FLTRP Cup is the oldest, largest and most celebrated intercollegiate debating competition in China. Since it’s inception, the FLTRP Cup has been a major sponsor of intercollegiate debating in China and is on the forefront of promoting open discourse and intellectual exchange among the best and brightest of Chinese college students.

Questions may be directed to steve.johnson.alaska@gmail.com or to fltrpcup@gmail.com.

2011 FLTRP Cup‏

The Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP), organizer of the most prestigious English language debating tournament in China, invites you participate as a guest adjudicator at the 15th FLTRP Cup National English Debating Championship. The FLTRP Cup will be held May 7-17, 2011 at the FLTRP’s Convention Center in Beijing.


To apply to be an adjudicator, please visit:

http://www.chinadebate.org/

Last year, the FLTRP Cup made a successful transition to the British Parliamentary format, the style of debating employed by the World Universities Debating Championships. This transition was critical to connecting Chinese universities to the world of international debating and required the cooperation of volunteers willing to contribute their experience as adjudicators to the effort. We had an outstanding group of adjudicators attend, including Jess Prince (Canada), Sam Greenland (Australia), Josh Martin (USA), Stephen Boyle (Ireland), Lars Duursma (the Netherlands), Uri Merhav (Israel), Loke Wing Fatt (Singapore), Filip Dobranic (Slovenia), Jason Rogers (Canada), Justice Motlhabani (Botswana) and Monica Ferris (Canada) just to name a few. To continue the progress made last year, we are even more committed to bringing qualified adjudicators to this year's tournament.

Though the competition is open only to Chinese university students, there is a great need for skilled adjudicators to ensure that the standards of the BP style are upheld. To encourage you to participate in this effort, the FLTRP is sponsoring an incentive package for all qualified adjudicators with significant BP experience who agree to adjudicate at the 15th FLTRP Cup. All qualified adjudicators will receive:

· Scheduled transfers from Beijing airport to the FLTRP Convention Center (May 7)
· Hotel at the FLTRP Convention Center (May 7-14)
· All meals while at the Convention Center (May 7-14)
· Transfer to downtown Beijing (May 14)
· Hotel in downtown Beijing (May 14-17)
· Tours of major sites like the Great Wall & Forbidden City (May 15-16)
· Some meals while in downtown Beijing (May 15-16)
· Transfers to airport on May 17

Additionally, we will offer partial air travel subsidies to select qualified adjudicators.

The FLTRP Cup is the oldest, largest and most celebrated intercollegiate debating competition in China. Since it’s inception, the FLTRP Cup has been a major sponsor of intercollegiate debating in China and is on the forefront of promoting open discourse and intellectual exchange among the best and brightest of Chinese college students.

Questions may be directed to steve.johnson.alaska@gmail.com or to fltrpcup@gmail.com.

IDEA/BFSU tournament registration open‏

The fifth annual IDEA -- BFSU International Debate Tournament will be held from December 10-12, 2010 at Beijing Foreign Studies University in the heart of China's capital city. This tournament will feature an English division, a Mandarin division, and a Moot Court division.


The official format of the tournament will be a four-team (worlds style) parliamentary debate. Training sessions for judges and debaters will also be available immediately before the tournament. IDEA trainers will conduct all training sessions.

Each university is initially allowed to register two teams. Universities will be allowed to enter one additional English team for each Mandarin team they enter.Students do NOT need to register as a team. They may register as individuals and IDEA will help find partners for these individual debaters. Registration ends on December 8, 2010, at 9:30 pm Beiling time.

Additionally, the tournament site offers students an opportunity to see the historic and modern sites of Beijing, from the Forbidden Palace and the great Wall of China to Tiananmen Square. Tours can be arranged locally.

Visit http://willamette.edu/cla/debate/events/China/IDEA_BFSU2010/ for more information

UNNC Cup 2010

Dear Debating Community,

Greetings from UNNC Cup Group! We're glad to announce the arrangement of UNNC Cup this September.

Our competition is to be held in the Nottingham University Ningbo, China from Sept 17th to Sept 19th.

Format: British Parliamentary
Team Cap: 32
Institution Cap: 4

Date
Sept 16th Thursday
Registration

Sept 17th Friday
Registration
Round1 to Round 3

Sept 18th Saturday
Round 4 to Round6

Sept 19h Sunday
Round 7, Semi-Finals and Final

UNNC Cup is intended to provide an opportunity for nationwide universities and high schools to debate and enhance our communication. This time, we would highly recommend universities and individuals in Southern China to consider our invitation. As the Southern Part did not have that much chances of debating tournament, we suppose this is a great choice for you to prepare for NEAO 2010.

Adjudication Core
Loke Wing Fatt, Chief Trainer/CA
Fiona He (BJUT), DCA
Zheng Bo, DCA
Samual Chiang, DCA
Alcal Wang
Ivan Ouyang
Logan Fu
Crystal Zhao
James Xu

Registration Period: Present to September 14th 2010 22pm GMT+8

Registration Fee: 100RMB for debaters
50RMB for accompanying adjudicators
500RMB for observers
* All registration fees do not include meals and accommodation.

Registration E-mail Address: unnc.cup@gmail.com

You need to send the Registration Form to the email box above. All registration fees should be submitted the day you arrived at UNNC (the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China).

For detailed information, please look at the attached Invitation Letter. Teams that have already got our announcement and signed for team caps, please refer to the Invitation Letter for the updated information of hotel.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at unnc.cup@gmail.com.

See you in Ningbo!

Best Regards,

Ni Chong (Alison)
Convenor of UNNC Cup2010
nichong.nc@gmail.com
(+86)150 5889 6283

14th China National English Debating Championship 2010‏

128 teams, each from one Chinese university, took part in this year's 14th China National English Debating Championship 2010.  Held from 15th to 22nd May 2010 in Beijing, China,  the British Parliamentary (BP) Style was used for the first time, after 5 years  in which this Championship was competed in the American Parliamentary (NPDA) Style since 2005.

In the Grand Final, Ms Catherine Song and Mr Luka Noe (in the picture, with flowers in hand) from Tianjin Foreign Studies University defeated 3 other teams from the China Foreign Affairs University, the North-East University at Qin Huang Dao and the Beijing Foreign Studies University.

With this significant shift to the WUDC debate format, we can expect more Chinese debate teams competing globally.  This alignment of debate format with the rest of the world is also an important step for Chinese students to has an easier access to a larger competitive platform on which they could have many fruitful exchange of ideas with students from around the world.

Loke Wing Fatt
President
Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)
Singapore

Travel subsidies for FLTRP in China

Last week for travel subsidies to China!


We will make our first-round assessments for travel subsidies for adjudicators interested in attending the FLTRP Cup on March 10. If you have not submitted your application by this date you will likely miss out on available travel subsidy funds. Please visit http://www.chinadebate.org/Adjudicator.asp to apply.

The Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, organizer of the most prestigious English language debating tournament in China, invites you participate as a guest adjudicator at the 14th FLTRP Cup National English Debating Championship. The FLTRP Cup will be held May 15-25, 2010 at the FLTRP’s Convention Center in Beijing.

The FLTRP Cup is the oldest, largest and most celebrated intercollegiate debating competition in China. Since it’s inception, the FLTRP Cup has been a major sponsor of intercollegiate debating in China and is on the forefront of promoting open discourse and intellectual exchange among the best and brightest of Chinese college students.

This year, the FLTRP Cup makes an important transition as it adopts for the first time the British Parliamentary format, the style of debating employed by the World Universities Debating Championships. This transition is critical to connect Chinese universities to the world of international debating and will require the cooperation of volunteers willing to contribute their experience as adjudicators to the effort.

Though the competition is open only to Chinese university students, there is a great need for skilled adjudicators to ensure that the standards of the BP style are upheld. To encourage you to participate in this effort, the FLTRP is sponsoring an incentive package for all qualified adjudicators with significant BP experience who agree to adjudicate at the 14th FLTRP Cup. All qualified adjudicators will receive:

• Transfers from Beijing airport to the FLTRP Convention Center (May 15)
• Hotel at the FLTRP Convention Center (May 15-22)
• All meals while at the Convention Center (May 15-22)
• Transfer to downtown Beijing (May 22)
• Hotel in downtown Beijing (May 23-25)
• Tours of major sites like the Great Wall & Forbidden City (May 23-24)
• Some meals while in downtown Beijing (May 23-24)
• Transfers to airport on May 25

Additionally, we will offer partial travel subsidies to select qualified adjudicators.

To apply to be an adjudicator, please visit: http://www.chinadebate.org/Adjudicator.asp

Questions may be directed to steve.johnson.alaska@gmail.com

Adjudicate in China in May

The Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, organizer of the most prestigious English language debating tournament in China, invites you participate as a guest adjudicator at the 14th FLTRP Cup National English Debating Championship. The FLTRP Cup will be held May 15-25, 2010 at the FLTRP’s Convention Center in Beijing.


The FLTRP Cup is the oldest, largest and most celebrated intercollegiate debating competition in China. Since it’s inception, the FLTRP Cup has been a major sponsor of intercollegiate debating in China and is on the forefront of promoting open discourse and intellectual exchange among the best and brightest of Chinese college students.

This year, the FLTRP Cup makes an important transition as it adopts for the first time the British Parliamentary format, the style of debating employed by the World Universities Debating Championships. This transition is critical to connect Chinese universities to the world of international debating and will require the cooperation of volunteers willing to contribute their experience as adjudicators to the effort.

Though the competition is open only to Chinese university students, there is a great need for skilled adjudicators to ensure that the standards of the BP style are upheld. To encourage you to participate in this effort, the FLTRP is sponsoring an incentive package for all qualified adjudicators with significant BP experience who agree to adjudicate at the 14th FLTRP Cup. All qualified adjudicators will receive:

• Transfers from Beijing airport to the FLTRP Convention Center (May 15)
• Hotel at the FLTRP Convention Center (May 15-22)
• All meals while at the Convention Center (May 15-22)
• Transfer to downtown Beijing (May 22)
• Hotel in downtown Beijing (May 23-25)
• Tours of major sites like the Great Wall & Forbidden City (May 23-24)
• Some meals while in downtown Beijing (May 23-24)
• Transfers to airport on May 25

Additionally, we will offer partial travel subsidies to select qualified adjudicators.

To apply to be an adjudicator, please visit: http://www.chinadebate.org/Adjudicator.asp
Questions may be directed to steve.johnson.alaska@gmail.com

NorthEast Asian Open Results & Motions

Greetings!

On behalf of Chief Adjudicator Cecilee Xi Li and her Adjudication team (He Jingkai, Atsushi Inutsuka and Kim Ah Young), here are the full results of the 5th North East Asian Open! The first to be held in the British Parliamentary format, and the first to the held in China!

Thank you Beijing Foreign Studies University for hosting a warm and wonderful tournament, especially given they only had two months or so to do it.

There were 88 teams from 39 institutions, representing China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Korea and Thailand.

Results Summary

Main Break
Champions : Underwood International College (UIC) 1
Runners Up : Ewha Womens University (EDiS) 1
2nd Runners Up : Korea University (KU) 1 & Hanyang University (HU) 2

EFL Break
Champions : Wenzao University (WENU) 1
Runners Up : Peking University (PEKING) 1
2nd Runners Up : Northeast University of Qinhuangdao (NEU) 1 & 2

Best Speakers
Main Break - Jang Won Joon (UIC 1)
EFL Break - Peng, Cheng (PEKING 1)

Motions
Rd1
THBT social networking sites should prohibit children from using their services

Rd2
THBT governments should hold airlines liable for viral diseases spread due to their flights

Rd 3
THW end support for the Karzai government in Afghanistan.

Rd4
THBT the state should provide criminal background information to couples when they register to be married.

Rd5
THBT the state should regulate bonuses in private corporations.

Quarters
THBT governments should prioritise fighting climate change over poverty

EFL Semis
THBT taxpayer money should not fund international sporting events

Semis
THBT that African nations should choose Chinese investment over Western aid

EFL Finals
THBT states should side with surrogate mothers who don't want to give up their children

Finals
THBT that first generation immigrants should have the right to vote in their country of origin

Full Tab is available here 


Cheers
Logan

NEAO Beijing Results

UIC, Yonsei 1  have won the 2009 NEAO competition in Beijing.


EDiS were runners up while the other finalists were Korea University and Hanyang University

78 teams participated from China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand

Source: Mail from Jason Jarvis on koreadebatelist

IDEA/BFSU Worlds Style Tournament

Registration now open for the annual IDEA/BFSU Four-Team Worlds Style Tournament


Every year, the International Debate Education Association partners with Beijing Foreign Studies University to present an amazing experience in historical culture and debate. This fourth annual international university tournament will be from December 11-13, 2009, at Beijing Foreign Studies Univeristy, and will feature English, Mandarin, and Moot Court divisions.

The format of the tournament is four-team (Worlds style) parliamentary debate. Training for judges and debaters will also be available immediately before the tournament, which upon successful completion qualified adjudicators will receive official IDEA accreditation.

To register or to find out more about the free tournament, visit our website: http://www.idebate.org/events/index.php?event_id=131

First Announcement of NEAO China 2009 / 东北亚辩论赛邀请公告

Dear Debaters & Adjudicators,


We would like to cordinally invite you to join the Northeast Asian Open Championship 2009(NEAO 2009), which will be held by Beijing Foreign Studies University in China this November. As a major debating event in Northeast Asian Area, NEAO has made great contribution to promote interaction for Asian debate society and exchange among debaters from this area as well as other parts of Asia and the world.

NEAO 2009 is the first Asian Regional tournament hosted in China. As the organizer of this year's event, the Debating Society of Beijing Foreign Studies University(BFSU) would like to sincerely invite you to join us for this new chapter of regional debating communication.

Please refer to the attachment for tournament announcement and invitation letter. We will adopt British Parliamentary format with team cap 60. Official website and registration will be open soon. Please keep tuned for updates.

Thank you and hope to see you in Beijing this November! 



Sincerely,

Organzing Commitee of NEAO China 2009
Beijing Foreign Studies University English Debating Society

2009/09/16








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一年一度的东北亚辩论赛（NEAO）

将于今年11月在中国北京举行。作为地区性的主要赛事，东北亚辩论赛自2003年举办以来吸引了来自亚洲国家及世界其他国家的很多辩手，为加强地区及国际辩手届的交流做出了重要贡献。

作为中国首次主办的此类国际赛事的学校，北京外国语大学期待来自各校辩论精英的支持，并诚邀各位参与。详情请见大赛公告与邀请函(附件内)。

比赛将采用BP英国议会制辩论形式，预计参赛队伍60支。我们将于近日开通官方网站，公布报名信息，比赛详情，敬请关注。




此致
       敬礼！


2009东北亚辩论赛组委会
北京外国语大学英文辩论协会

2009/09/16

UM win Chinese nationals

The English Debating Team of the University of Macau (UM) (Leung Ching Man and Sun Guangqin) won the 13th “FLTRP CUP” or Chinese National English Debating Competition in Beijing. In the final they defeated Nanjing Normal University

Leung Ching Man (UM) was the top speaker.

134 teams took part from across China.

Source Macau Daily Times

IDEA-BFSU International Tournament

Hi all,
Beijing Foreign Studies University and IDEA are holding an international Worlds Style debate tournament December 5th through December 7th, 2008. You can find the invitation, schedule, and entry forms in English and in Mandarin here: [http://www.willamette.edu/cla/debate/events/China/IDEA-BFSU4-TeamTournament2008/] http://www.willamette.edu/cla/debate/events/China/IDEA-BFSU4-TeamTournament2008/.

There are no entry fees for this tournament.

We hope to see many of you in Beijing!

Best wishes,
Elizabeth Humphrey

Source: allasians list

Chinese New Year

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish any visitors to the blog who celebrating the Spring festival at this time congratulations and be prosperous in year of the rat. 恭喜发财