China - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

One side in a dispute in this country argued that phrases translated literally as “lord above” and “heaven” were acceptable synonyms for God, while the other side insisted upon “Lord of Heaven.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this country that names a “rites controversy” in which Catholic missionaries argued a local tradition was compatible with Christianity. This country is home to “house churches” that are independent of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement.

ANSWER: China [or People’s Republic of China; accept Chinese Rites controversy or Zhōngguó lǐyí zhī zhēng; accept the Qing Dynasty or Great Qing or Qing Empire or Qing China]

[10h] The right of Chinese Catholics to partake in Confucian traditions was eventually reassessed by a pope with this name. Under a pope with this name, the Vatican issued the Pastor aeternus which codified the primacy of Peter.

ANSWER: Pius [accept Pope Pius XII; accept Pius IX]

[10e] Confucianism is legally considered a religion in this country as mandated by the Pancasila (“pan-cha-SEE-la”) ideology. This country has more Muslims than any other country in the world.

ANSWER: Republic of Indonesia [or Republik Indonesia]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Canada	Main Site	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	17.50	100%	38%	38%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	20.00	92%	67%	42%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	2	15.00	100%	0%	50%

Data


Berkeley B	Stanford B	0	0	10	10
Stanford A	Berkeley C	10	10	10	30
Berkeley A	Berkeley D	10	0	10	20
UCSD B	Arizona State	10	10	10	30
UBC B	Brock	10	0	10	20
Florida C	Central Florida B	10	10	10	30
Central Florida A	Florida A	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Ohio State A	10	0	10	20
Michigan B	Ohio State C	10	0	10	20
Michigan C	Pittsburgh	10	0	10	20
Ohio State B	CWRU B	0	0	10	10
UCLA B	UC Irvine	0	0	10	10
William and Mary	James Madison B	0	0	10	10
James Madison A	Liberty A	0	0	10	10
NC State A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
NC State B	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	North Carolina B	0	0	10	10
North Carolina A	South Carolina B	10	10	10	30
VCU	Duke	10	0	10	20
Virginia	Wake Forest	10	10	10	30
Chicago C	Chicago E	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame B	Illinois A	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Indiana C	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Illinois C	10	0	10	20
Indiana B	Purdue B	10	0	10	20
Northwestern C	Northwestern B	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame A	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
Yale	Bowdoin A	0	0	10	10
Harvard A	Brown	10	10	10	30
Claremont	Minnesota A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Missouri A	10	0	10	20
Washington A	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
Murray State A	Texas A&M A	0	0	10	10
Texas B	Texas A	10	0	10	20
Alabama A	WashU B	10	0	10	20
WashU A	Kentucky	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Georgia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Mississipi State	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Birmingham	Montpellier	0	0	10	10
Cambridge B	Bristol	10	0	10	20
Cambridge A	Warwick A	10	0	10	20
Cambridge C	City St. George's	10	0	10	20
Cardiff	Southampton B	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	Durham	0	0	0	0
Oxford A	Imperial A	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Southampton A	10	0	10	20
Imperial C	Oxford B	0	0	10	10
UCL	LSE	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh A	Manchester	10	10	10	30
Warwick B	Oxford C	10	10	10	30
UCLA A	UCSD C	10	0	10	20
Northwestern D	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins B	Catholic	0	10	10	20
Maryland C	Columbia A	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20
Columbia C	Swarthmore	0	0	10	10
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	10	0	10	20
Penn State	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
RIT	Cornell A	0	0	10	10