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.