By Patrick Gary Rybold, Director of the tournament     By Patrick Ms. Liu Yuelian, Vice-President of XISU     By Patrick Mr. Liu Yun, China Coordinator for IDEA     By Patrick We have been good friends!                         By Patrick The first snow in Xi'an witnesses the 1st IDEA     By Patrick Debaters are ready for the heated debate     By Patrick Zheng Yue, a first-year English Major from BLCU