National High School Debate League of China

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The National High School Debate League of China, or simply NHSDLC, is an English-language high school debate league serving Mainland China. It uses the Public Forum debate format.[ citation needed ] Each year, the NHSDLC sees around 50,000 students participate in its debate workshops [1] and around 12,000 students participate in its regional or national tournaments that it hosts in more than 33 cities in China. [2] [3] [4] [5] According to The Economist, many students believe participating will help their application to a Western university. [6]

It was founded in 2012, [7] and it hosted one of China's first ever English-language high school national debate tournaments for local students at Peking University [8] in May 2013. Each year, its national debate championship hosted in Beijing attracts 450 students from around China. [1] NHSDLC is partnered with Harvard College Mentors for Urban Debate, [9] Penn for Youth Debate, the Princeton Debate Panel, the Chicago Debate Society, [10] the Yale Debate Association, [11] Sunrise International Education, and the Stanford Youth Debate Initiative.

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  1. 1 2 Makinen, Julie. "3 Days of Nerves, Tears and Joy: U.S. Expats Lead Debate Nerds in China". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Fischer, Karin. "To Appeal to American Universities, Chinese Students Embrace the Art of Argument" (PDF). The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "April Alum of the Month: David Weeks, Co-Founder of NHSDLC". alumni-news.ciee.org. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  4. ↑ "ITB Special Edition: Debate in China!" . Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  5. ↑ University, Jiao Tong. "Jiao Tong University - JI Hosts NHSDLC's Shanghai Tournament". en.sjtu.edu.cn. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  6. ↑ "This house believes". The Economist. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "什么是美式辩论赛？". nhsdlc.ning.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  8. ↑ "首届北京大学中学生国际辩论邀请赛举办_School of Economics Peking University". econ.pku.edu.cn. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  9. ↑ "About". HCMUD. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  10. ↑ 年3月5日11时52分am, 由Gavin Newton-Tanzer添加于2015; 浏览照片; 下一张, 前一张 |. "Partnership announcement between NSHDLC and Chicago Debate Society" . Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  11. ↑ "耶鲁背书函， yale endorsement letter". nhsdlc.ning.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
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