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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. ^ a b 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "耶鲁背书函, yale endorsement letter". nhsdlc.ning.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
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