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Hangzhou Northeast Asians Debating Championships 2025
Nov 14, 2025 · China, In person · BP
Motions
Hangzhou Northeast Asians Debating Championships 2025 (2025)11 motions
- Round 1THR the rise of optimisation culture.
- Round 2THO the growing trend of psychedelic tourism.
- Round 3In areas with high recidivism, THBT states should prioritise strengthening non-prison justice structures over directly reforming the prison system.
- Round 4TH prefers a world where Zou Hun is the dominant cultural norm.
- Round 5TH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state.
- Round 6THW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood.
- QuarterfinalsAssuming global feasibility, THW restrict the conduct of all Dual Use Research of Concern to occur only within the public sector.
- SemifinalsTH, as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, W actively seek to resume nuclear talks with the U.S.
- Grand FinalTHS queer opacity in aesthetic expression.
- English as a Foreign Language SemifinalsTH prefers the narrative that success in retail investment is driven primarily by luck rather than skill.
- English as a Foreign Language FinalsTH welcomes the rise of "red-chip" art.
What gets set here
Social & Identity27%
International Relations18%
Health & Medicine9%
Law & Crime9%
Religion9%
Technology9%
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29% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 12 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 76.4.
Last edition: 16 of 56 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- English as a Foreign Language break12 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇷 Park S. | MO | THW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood. | 83 |
| Ryosei K. | OW | THW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood. | 83 |
| Daisy J. | PM | THW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood. | 82 |
| 🇰🇷 Seungjae H. | DPM | TH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state. | 82 |
| Ryosei K. | DLO | TH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state. | 81 |
| 🇰🇷 Park S. | LO | TH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state. | 81 |
| Na'ama S. | PM | TH, as the Takaichi Administration, W recognise Palestine as a sovereign state. | 81 |
| 🇨🇳 Ricky J. | DPM | THW force all insular religious communities to have their members embark on a "Rumspringa" upon reaching legal adulthood. | 81 |
| Yuka O. | DLO | THO the growing trend of psychedelic tourism. | 81 |
| Daisy J. | OW | TH prefers a world where Zou Hun is the dominant cultural norm. | 80 |
| Yuka O. | MO | TH prefers a world where Zou Hun is the dominant cultural norm. | 80 |
| 🇰🇷 Park S. | MG | THO the growing trend of psychedelic tourism. | 80 |
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