Xi Jinping - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

16. In 2023, Xiomara Castro (“syoh-MAH-rah KASS-tro”) met with this world leader as part of beginning diplomatic relations with this leader’s country. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this politician, who for over a decade has served as the President of the People’s Republic of China.

ANSWER: Xi Jinping [or Jinping Xi]

[10h] Xiomara Castro leads this Latin American country, where Castro sought Chinese investment in dams. Activist Berta Cáceres was killed for opposing dams in this country formerly led by the US-jailed Juan Orlando Hernández.

ANSWER: Honduras [or Republic of Honduras or República de Honduras]

[10m] Honduras’s turn towards China and away from the US is complicated because a large proportion of the Honduran economy consists of these payments immigrants send back to the country, often by those living in the US.

ANSWER: remittances

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	71%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	13.00	100%	20%	10%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	89%	67%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	75%	50%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	75%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	50%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	13.64	91%	36%	9%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%

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Stanford A	Berkeley Little Prince	10	0	10	20
UCSC	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	0	0	10
Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	0	0	10
UCSD A	Claremont A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	0	0	10
Claremont B	Claremont C	10	0	10	20
UC Irvine	UCLA C	10	0	10	20
UCLA B	UCLA E	10	0	0	10
UCLA F	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	0	10
Ottawa B	McGill A	10	0	10	20
McGill C	Ottawa D	10	0	10	20
Carleton A	McGill E	10	0	0	10
Toronto G	Waterloo A	10	0	10	20
Queen's A	Toronto I	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Waterloo B	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	Guelph A	10	0	10	20
Toronto F	McMaster A	10	0	0	10
Toronto B	McMaster B	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto E	10	0	10	20
South Florida A	Florida A	10	0	0	10
UCF A	Florida B	10	0	0	10
Florida State A	Florida Tech B	10	0	0	10
McGill B	Ottawa A	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	Ohio State B	10	0	10	20
CWRU D	WVU B	10	0	0	10
Kentucky	Michigan State B	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	Louisville D	10	0	0	10
Michigan A	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Michigan State A	Michigan D	10	10	0	20
Louisville B	Michigan State D	10	0	0	10
Louisville A	Ohio State C	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A	Ohio State D	10	0	0	10
Michigan B	WVU A	10	0	0	10
UNC B	Duke A	10	0	10	20
JMU A	Tusculum A	10	0	10	20
JMU B	William & Mary C	10	0	0	10
Virginia A	NCSU A	10	0	10	20
UNC A	Virginia Tech B	10	0	0	10
UNC D	William & Mary B	10	0	10	20
UNC C	VCU A	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech C	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
William & Mary A	Virginia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Lehigh A	Rowan	10	0	0	10
Rutgers A	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Maryland C	George Mason A	10	10	0	20
George Mason B	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
NYU A	George Mason C	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	NYU C	10	0	10	20
Rutgers C	Princeton	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins	Rutgers D	10	0	0	10
Stony Brook	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Penn	Vassar A	10	0	10	20
Lehigh B	Vassar B	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Purdue C	10	10	10	30
Illinois Champaign	Illinois Canada	10	0	0	10
Illinois Urbana	Illinois Orange	10	0	0	10
Indiana A	Illinois Blue	10	0	0	10
WashU Grolars	Iowa B	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Rose-Hulman A	10	0	0	10
WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	10	0	10	20
William Woods University A	Purdue D	10	0	0	10
Indiana B	Chicago B	10	0	0	10
Michigan Tech	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin A	Macalester	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin C	Minnesota	10	0	0	10
St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	10	0	0	10
Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston College B	10	0	0	10
Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Washington Chinook	Alberta A	10	0	10	20
Boise State	Arizona State A	10	0	0	10
British Columbia B	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
Texas	Washington Coho	10	0	10	20
Washington Pink	Washington Chum	10	0	10	20
Washington Masu	Washington Sockeye	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	British Columbia C	10	0	0	10
Central Oklahoma B	Harding	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma A	Murray State College A	10	0	0	10
Tulsa A	Murray State College B	10	0	10	20
Rose State	Nebraska A	10	0	0	10
Nebraska C	Tulsa B	10	10	10	30
Oklahoma	Kansas State B	10	0	0	10
Chipola College	Montevallo	10	0	0	10
Clemson B	Georgia Tech F	10	0	10	20
Clemson C	Alabama A	0	0	0	0
Georgia A	Auburn A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt A	10	0	0	10
Auburn B	Sewanne	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn C	10	0	10	20
Tennessee Tech	Emory A	10	0	0	10
Cornell A	Cornell B	10	0	10	20
Binghamton A	Cornell C	10	0	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton C	10	0	10	20
Rochester	RIT B	10	0	10	20
Cornell D	ESF	10	0	10	20