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  • This House prefers the values of 'zhen ji' to those of Western authorship.

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    In Chinese cultural tradition, "zhen ji" is the idea of creation as a continuous and collaborative process. Works and products do not hold value for being original or unique, but for their quality and capacity for transformation. Successive contributions, such as poetic seals (xian zhan) or technical improvements, increase the value of the creation. Replicas (fuzhi) can be as valuable as the "original," and there is no condemnation of plagiarism. This also underpins the concept of "shanzhai" present in Chinese technological culture, such as "Nokir" cell phones or parodic films, which often surpass the originals. In contrast, the Western view tends to value originality and individual authorship as essential to the value of a creation, both in art and in inventions, technology, and cultural products.

    Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Rodada 6 · 2025-06-19

  • 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 prometheus, knowing the consequences, would choose to bring fire to humanity anyway

    Infoslide

    Prometheus was an ancient greek titan, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and civilization. For this he was punished by the king of the gods, Zeus. Prometheus was bound to a rock, and an eagle was sent to eat his liver. His liver would then grow back overnight, only to be eaten again the next day in an eternal ongoing cycle.

    Ayrshire Schools Debate Competition 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-19

  • This house prefers the university-governance system over the researcher-governance system within universities

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    There are two systems for corporate sponsorship of research in universities. In a university-governance system, the university manages the commercialization process, with companies providing large-scale grants and partnering directly with the institution, which then respectively distributes funding to researchers. In contrast, in a researcher-governance system, companies fund researchers directly through giving grants to specific research or hiring and compensating faculty while they continue to operate within the university.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-17

  • This house believes that all private spaceflight companies (SpaceX, Blue Origin, etc) should prioritize consolidating existing exploration efforts on celestial bodies that have already been explored (Moon, Mars, etc.), as opposed to focusing on unexplored celestial bodies (moons of Jupiter and Saturn, etc.)

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 7 · 2025-06-17

  • This house opposes the Grab-GoTo Merger.

    Infoslide

    As of March 20, 2025, Grab Holdings Ltd., a leading Southeast Asian ride- hailing and delivery company headquartered in Singapore, is actively pursuing the acquisition of Indonesian tech conglomerate GoTo Group, which is a dominant player in Indonesia's digital economy, providing services such as ride-hailing and e-commerce.

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

  • This house opposes the European Union's recent anti-trust crackdown on the US Big Tech Giants

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    In March 2025, the European Union intensified its antitrust actions against major U.S. tech giants (eg. Apple, Meta, etc.) for alleged violations of the Digital Markets Act. The DMA prohibits self-preferencing and requires interoperability. The companies face fines of up to 10% of their global revenue (20% for repeated violations) along with multiple lawsuits.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 7 · 2025-06-17

  • This house would take the test

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    You have been in a healthy 10 year relationship with your high school sweetheart with a mutual agreement for eventual marriage. One day, a test comes out which allows you to certainly identify who your soulmate is. This test is absolutely certain and only you know that this test exists.

    Malaysia Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-15

  • This house, as Elon Musk, Would reconcile with Donald Trump

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    Elon Musk is the CEO of multiple tech firms including Tesla, X (formerly known as Twitter) and SpaceX. He was also one of Donald Trump’s closest political allies in the lead up to, and directly after, the 2024 presidential elections. Recently, he stepped down from his position as the head of the Department of Governmental Efficiency, and his relationship with Trump has soured due to his strong opposition to Trump’s restrictive tariff policy and stringent immigration restrictions.

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

  • This house believes it is in the interest of the developers of DeepSeek to use a tiered-use system

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    "A tiered-use system is a business model where users access a basic version of the platform for free, while paying for more advanced features, premium tools, or enhanced access. Examples of platforms using this model include ChatGPT, YouTube, and Spotify. A flat-use system, by contrast, provides the same features to all users without a distinction in access. An example is the current system of DeepSeek."

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

  • This house opposes non-compete agreements in the tech industry

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    A non-compete agreement is a contract that stops employees from working for rival companies for a set time after leaving their job. Restrictions on employees from bringing over clients or coworkers from their previous company are not included within the scope of non-compete agreements.

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

  • That it is in Alphabet Inc's interests to break itself up into separate entities (e.g. Chrome, Waymo, Verily)

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    Alphabet Inc. is the parent company of Google, in addition to a series of subsidiary holdings. These cover engineering (Waymo for self driving cars, Intrinsic for robotics), health companies (Verily, Calico, Isomorphic labs), investment (Capital G and GV) and research (X Development). In a recent case, Alphabet Inc. was ruled to hold an illegal monopoly in the search market via Google Chrome, and the DoJ has called for the selling off of Chrome. Possible buyers include OpenAI and Yahoo!.

    ANU Pre-Australs 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-14

  • This house, as Samsung, would significantly invest to become FullStack

    Infoslide

    A FullStack company controls its entire supply chain. For example, Apples Iphones are built using Apple's own inhouse processors and operating system, and so are Googles Pixel phones. In the 5 years since western sanctions on Hauwei have forced it to create their inhouse HarmonyOS, it has now finally managed to catch back up to Vivo as the top Chinese phone brand. Two other phone makers, Xiaomi, and BBK Group (parent company of OPPO, Vivo, and OnePlus) are joining together with Huawei to create HarmonyOS³. This move would leave Samsung, which uses Google's Android, as the only major phone maker to rely on a competitors operating system.

    Zagreb Pre-EUDC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-13