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  • This House believes that the device does more harm than good

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, you have obtained a small, portable device with two buttons: A “save” button and a “return” button. When you hit the “save” button, you are able to save the current time point, like in a video game. When you hit the “return” button, your life will return to the last time you saved. The machine will not erase any of your memories. If you do not keep and use the device, it will eventually blow up on its own.

    War of Words Debating Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-19

  • TH, as an intelligent rat in NYC, would choose to run for mayor

    Infoslide

    You are an intelligent rat living in NYC with the ability to think, strategize and rally other rats. There is an election for mayor soon and the incumbent mayor is pushing a new policy to exterminate all rats in NYC.

    Ayrshire Schools Debate Competition 2025 · Junior Finals · 2025-06-19

  • This house, as the vegan movement, W reject partnerships with lab-grown meat companies in favor of prioritizing investments in whole-food plant-based systems

    Infoslide

    Lab-grown meat companies refer to firms that produce animal meat by cultivating animal cells in bioreactors. Examples include Upside Foods, Mosa Meat, etc. On the other hand, whole-food plant-based (WFPB) systems focus on natural, minimally processed plant foods like vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts, and seeds.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-17

  • This house would require the GPIF to significantly increase investments in domestic private equity and venture capital funds, even at the expense of reducing investments in its offshore assets

    Infoslide

    The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is Japan’s primary public pension fund and the largest in the world, managing over ¥220 trillion (approximately USD $1.5 trillion). As of recent years, roughly 50% of GPIF’s portfolio is invested in foreign assets—split evenly between foreign equities and foreign bonds. These include major holdings primarily in the U.S. stock indexes (such as the S&P 500) and debt instruments like the U.S. Treasury securities.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-17

  • This house supports parents intervening in subtle social conflicts among children in primary school

    Infoslide

    Subtle social conflicts refer to non-physical, emotionally ambiguous interactions that involve exclusion, manipulation, or social imbalance rather than overt aggression. Some examples of such conflict include exclusion-based play, mocking/teasing masked as jokes, ignoring one child inside a group, etc.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 8 · 2025-06-17

  • In highly-developed societies, this house supports the "No Child Left Behind" policy

    Infoslide

    "No Child Left Behind" policies hold schools accountable for student performance. Under these policies, penalties are imposed on schools that fail to meet academic benchmarks in standardized tests or which have significant numbers of student absences. Penalties often include a reduction in funding, forced restructuring, or other corrective actions.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-15

  • This house would peg politicians' salaries to the bottom 1% of household incomes in their constituencies

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, to "peg" means to tie or fix one thing directly to another so they move together, but are not necessarily equal. For example, a salary pegged to the median wage could be a multiple of the median wage.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-06-15

  • This house would require gig economy workers to be hired on as employees rather than as independent contractors

    Infoslide

    Independent contractors are individuals who engage in short-term, flexible, freelance work instead of permanent, full-time employment. Examples of companies that currently hire independent contrators are Uber, Meituan, Didi, MyCar, etc. These companies are commonly referred to as part of the 'gig economy'.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-15

  • This house believes that the labor movement should prioritize social movement unionism over traditional unionism

    Infoslide

    Social movement unionism is a model of union organization where leaders dedicate time and resources to appealing to the general public to advance workers' rights (e.g. public protests, petitions and grassroots campaigns to mobilize public support). On the other hand, traditional unionism refers to a model of union organizations where unions pressure employers primarily through strike action.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15

  • This house prefers bottom-up unionism rather than representative unionism

    Infoslide

    In bottom-up unionism, strike decisions and contract acceptances are decided by referendums involving union members. On the other hand, representative unionism refers to a philosophy of union organization which emphasizes the election of leaders through a ballot process. In this model, union leaders negotiate on behalf of unions and decide on strike activity.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15