BEIHANG
WORLD DEBATE ACADEMY July 2014, Beijing, China
THW
TELEVISE EXECUTIONS. demo
PRACTICE DEBATES:
This House would support “Tiger
Parenting.” (Tiger Parenting is strict, demanding and pushes children to high
levels of achievement.) PRACTICE 1
THBT ZOOS SHOULD BE CLOSED. PRACTICE 2
THBT PROSTITUTION
SHOULD BE LEGALIZED PRACTICE 3
THW legalize the sale and
purchase of human organs practice 4
THW ban companies from
advertising their products in a sexualized manner practice 5
THBT THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROVIDE EVERY CITIZEN WITH FREE INTERNET ACCESS. PRACTICE 6
THBT digital communication is more important to
humanity than face-to-face contact. PRACTICE 7
TOURNAMENT:
THBT PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BEAT THEIR CHILDREN.
RD 1
THW close all
"after-school" cram schools RD 2
THW abolish all restrictions
on immigration between Hong Kong and Mainland China RD 3
THW require all Internet users
to use their real names. RD 4
A Computer Operated Police (or
C.O.P) Machine is a non-autonomous humanoid domestic drone currently being
developed by the State to carry out operations deemed to be too dangerous for
human officers. They are remote operated and fully armed. Motion: TH supports the
deployment, throughout the Police Force, of robot police/C.O.P.s. round 5
ELIM DEBATES
QUARTERFINAL - THBT WESTERN NATIONS SHOULD PAY
REPARATIONS TO CHINA FOR CRIMES COMMITTED DURING THE OPIUM WARS OF THE 19TH
CENTURY
Infoslide:
OPIUM WARS
FIRST:
ENGLAND VS. CHINA 1839-1842
Europe
wanted to trade for silk, spices and tea. China did not want European goods.
England smuggled in addictive opium to create demand by China for this
narcotic. China resisted and England went to war. China signed treaty to end
the war and England got Hong Kong as their colony. Still, China did not want
European goods.
SECOND:
ENGLAND, FRANCE, USA, RUSSIA VS. CHINA 1856-1860
Second war
involved invasion and burning of Summer Palaces. Treaty forced on China legalized opium, gave
trade privileges to Westerners, allowed human trafficking of Chinese citizens
to the West as workers, China had to pay huge sum of money to Western nations.
SEMIFINAL - THBT NATIONALISM IS A VIRTUE
Infoslide:
Nationalism, political or social philosophy in which the
welfare of the nation-state as an entity is considered paramount. Nationalism
is basically a collective state of mind or consciousness in which people
believe their primary duty and loyalty is to the nation-state.
Virtue , quality of good in human conduct.
FINAL - THBT EARTH SHOULD NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH
EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
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