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Bali United Asian Debating Championships 2026
Jun 2, 2026 · AP
Part of the United Asian Debating Championship (UADC) series →
Motions
Bali UADC 2026 (2026)57 motions
- Round 0THBT China should adopt a fully standardized national Gaokao system
- Round 0THBT college accreditation should focus on output (e.g. learning assessment, graduation rate, earnings) rather than input (e.g. curriculum structure, faculty qualification, governance)
- Round 0THBT China should adopt a fully standardized national Gaokao system
- Round 0THBT college accreditation should focus on output (e.g. learning assessment, graduation rate, earnings) rather than input (e.g. curriculum structure, faculty qualification, governance)
- Round 0TH prefers the grade-specialization model over the cohort-continuity model in secondary education
- Round 0TH prefers the grade-specialization model over the cohort-continuity model in secondary education
- Round 0THBT China should adopt a fully standardized national Gaokao system
- Round 0THBT college accreditation should focus on output (e.g., learning assessment, graduation rate, earnings) rather than input (e.g., curriculum structure, faculty qualification, governance)
- Round 0TH prefers the grade-specialization model over the cohort-continuity model in secondary education
- Round 0THR the use of WLFI as the WLF's primary form of collateral
- Round 0THBT cryptocurrency markets should be regulated under a commodities-market model rather than an investor-protection model
- Round 0THO the tokenization of financial markets
- Round 1TH, as a young adult, would prefer to build our life with a partner who works in the same industry rather than someone with a significantly different career
- Round 1In Asian countries with low birthrates, THS government-run dating services (e.g., FirstDate in Singapore)
- Round 1THS the trend of roster dating
- Round 2THW abolish mega auctions in the IPL
- Round 2TH, as a national team coach, would prioritize intrinsic over extrinsic motivation
- Round 2TH, as a rising player in esports, would prefer to be signed as a support main over a duelist main
- Round 3THBT Bangladesh should grant more autonomy to its local governments
- Round 3THS Pakistan's aggressive security measures against cross-border militancy from Afghanistan
- Round 3THBT the BJP's win is in interest of the citizens of West Bengal
- Round 4THO the rise of minmaxxing
- Round 4THR the stigmatization against being chronically online
- Round 4THR the prevalence of ‘kiasuism’ in Southeast Asia
- Round 5THBT the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) should lower the threshold for mandatory delisting
- Round 5THBT the EU should significantly relax labor regulations (e.g., minimum wage, overtime regulations, severance pay, employee councils’ veto power over firing decisions)
- Round 5THO Project Stargate
- Round 6For weaker states in asymmetric warfare, TH prefers a strategy of prioritising economic resilience over bolstering military strength
- Round 6THBT it is in the interest of Japan to further invest in arms manufacturing and sales to Southeast Asia
- Round 6THBT Operation Epic Fury has done more harm than good to the Trump Administration
- Round 7THBT the popularization of women-made literature (e.g., Heated Rivalry, Fifty Shades of Grey) centered around sexually explicit material has done more harm than good to women
- Round 7THBT the feminist movement should strongly emphasise the "manadult" framework as a standard for male partners
- Round 7THBT the feminist movement should advocate for the feminization strategy over the neutralization strategy
- Round 8TH prefers the Loans Programs Office Model to the Tax Credit Model for Clean Energy Financing
- Round 8THS the ASEAN Power Grid (APG)
- Round 8In times of energy crisis, THS subsidizing energy consumption rather than reducing energy demand (e.g., extend holidays, enforce fuel rationing)
- Pre OctofinalsTH Predicts that Abrahamic religions will be more decentralised over the next 10 years
- Pre OctofinalsTH, as a leader of a small gated religious community, would allow closed-community reality TV to cover their community
- Pre OctofinalsTHBT it is in the interest of Christian churches to prioritise the relational approach over the proclamation approach in evangelism
- OctofinalsTHR the rise of celebrity politicians (e.g. Imran Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Thelapathy Vijay) in South Asia.
- OctofinalsIn multi-ethnic post-conflict states, TH prefers the implementation of a Presidential form of government over a Parliamentary form of government
- OctofinalsTHBT Singapore should adopt the Kishore approach to foreign policy as opposed to the Bilahari approach
- QuarterfinalsTHP a world where key political and social activists (e.g: Malala) are viewed as ordinary rather than exceptional
- QuarterfinalsTH, as the anti-AI movement, would prioritize existential risks over near-term harms in its messaging
- QuarterfinalsTHBT social movements should engage in restructuring (e.g. limiting expected workloads, rotating leadership and responsibilities, reducing meeting intensity or frequency) in response to activist burnout
- SemifinalsTHR the use of WLFI as the WLF's primary form of collateral
- SemifinalsTHO the tokenization of financial markets
- SemifinalsTHBT cryptocurrency markets should be regulated under a commodities-market model rather than an investor-protection model
- Grand FinalTH Predicts that the global population living in poverty* will increase, rather than decrease, in the next 10 years *living on less than USD4.20 per day adjusted for inflation and purchasing power
- Grand FinalTHR the US Shale Boom
- Grand FinalTH Predicts that international relations will become more liberalist in the next 25 years
- EFL SemifinalsTHBT college accreditation should focus on output (e.g., learning assessment, graduation rate, earnings) rather than input (e.g., curriculum structure, faculty qualification, governance)
- EFL SemifinalsTH prefers the grade-specialization model over the cohort-continuity model in secondary education
- EFL SemifinalsTHBT China should adopt a fully standardized national Gaokao system
- EFL FinalsTHBT it is in ASEAN's interest to recognize the elections in Myanmar
- EFL FinalsTH Regrets Cambodia's invoking of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) compulsory conciliation mechanism
- EFL FinalsTHP a world where Sulu joined the BARMM
What gets set here
Social & Identity4%
Economics4%
Sport2%
Politics2%
Video Games2%
International Relations2%
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