The Debate Team of CityU Won the Third Place in the 12th Putonghua Debating Contest for Guangdong-HK-Macao Universities

The Debate Team of CityU Took Part in

2018 Putonghua Debating Contest for Guangdong-HK-Macao Universities

War of words. Fierce competition

The debate team won the third place in the contest by adhering to the principle of Knowledge, Practice, Illumination and Discretion.

On September 23, the 2018 Putonghua Debating Contest for Guangdong-HK-Macao Universities, jointly organized by GRT News Radio, RTHK Putonghua Channel and Telediffusion of Macao Co., Ltd., and supported by the Tertiary Education Services Office of the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region, was successfully held at RTHK Broadcasting House.

As the winner of the Putonghua group in the 15th Macao Inter-tertiary Debating Competition in 2017, CityU presented an incomparable and wonderful debating battle with Guangdong and Hong Kong teams from Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University and other universities. After fierce competition, CityU won the third place.

The competition was held in the form of “rolling battle”. The debate team of CityU, as the pros, played against Guangdong University of Finance and Economics in the first round and argued that “the big IP phenomenon has more advantages/disadvantages than disadvantages/advantages for the film industry.” Based on the current situation of China’s film market, the debate team of CityU discussed whether the big IP phenomenon can maintain the long-term, sustainable and stable development of the film industry from the perspective of the development history of the film industry and the future cultural output of China.

The second round revolved around Artificial Intelligence Will/ Will Not Replace Legal Profession. The debate team of CityU took the opposing side against Hong Kong Baptist University. CityU’s debate team discussed the humanistic care of law and the protection of social minorities based on the essence of law, and took the practical application of empathy in law as an example to outline the human brilliance unattainable by artificial intelligence.

In this competition, all the members of CityU inherited the debating attitude based on Knowledge, Practice, Illumination and Discretion, and showed excellent demeanor, which was supported and appreciated by judges, experts and audience.