MMU UADC 2012

The United Asian Debating Championship (UADC) is an annual debating tournament for teams from universities in Asia. It is the largest inter-varsity Parliamentary Debate tournament in Asia, with over 600 participants. The 1st UADC was hosted by Assumption University, Thailand in Bangkok from 12–19 May 2010, after they won the right to host the tournament against a rival bid made by De La Salle University, in Manila, Philippines. The 2nd UADC was hosted by the University of Macau, China in Macau from 16 - 24 May 2011. And the bid was won by Multimedia University, Malaysia in Cyberjaya to host the 3rd UADC.

The UADC was created after a decision to merge the two separate championships that were held after the Asian Debating community split in 2005 - The Asian Universities Debating Championship (AUDC) and the All-Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships (AIDC or "All-Asians"). The decision to unite the two competing tournaments, and thus, create a single debate championship for Asia was taken at the last Asian Universities Debating Championships hosted by East West University in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2009.

The UADC, like the AUDC and the All-Asians, is held annually in May. The competition involves eight preliminary rounds, which become power-paired as the tournament progresses, matching the strongest-performing teams against each other.

The debates follow the Asian 3-on-3 format, which is a variation of the Australs format. One team (of 3 speakers each) forms the government and the other as the opposition. The process of scoring and pairing these teams is known as tabbing. The scoring of teams is done by judges, most of whom are students or former students from the competing institutions, who return ballots with their scores to the adjudication team, led by a Chief Adjudicator (CA) who is assisted by one or more deputies (DCAs).