
Originally Posted by
RedShuttle
The Chinese National Team Championship will take place next week. It also serves as the qualifying rounds for the all important Chinese National Games next year. The national team will then go into the traditional Winter Training mode until early February. Clearly, the Chinese team is reluctant to attend any competitions during this period.
Due to the Winter Training, MO has always been poorly attended by the Chinese team. This means no disrespect from the Chinese team, just an unfortunate conflict in timing. Only the SSP status compelled the Chinese team taking part in KO. As an SSP next year, MO will see the full Chinese team.
This is not to say that the Chinese team should not change their schedule to fit the BWF time table, but I'd rather see BWF changing their time table to create a Winter Break for the good of all players.
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