Christine (13) and I (16, team captain) were part of the five-person Southeast US Atlanta Chinese Debate Team, probably the only such team in the US, and competed in the 5th annual Debate Asia held in Taipei, attended mostly by native speaker students from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Malaysia. Our team worked extremely hard over the summer to prepare for the competition, and at the end, placed better than 14 out of 31 teams and received the Team Popularity Award! I also won an individual debate “Outstanding Debater” award.