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They are discussing about changing JeongGwanJang from team tournament to format similar to BC card cup.
Maybe this is misleading. The real point is that Cheongkwanjang appear to be expanding from a women's tournament to a knockout that includes men. And as far as I can tell, the decision has already been made.
This decision was possibly triggered by the upcoming launch (April 2011) of a rival, a new women's world championship team event that will include the emergent Taiwanese team, notably Joanne Missingham (Hei Jiajia). This is the Huang Longshi Jiayuan Cup. As I understand it, this is sponsored by a Taiwanese company, Jiayuan, hoping to sell or maybe re-locate in mainland China, where the event will be held - in Jiangyan City in Jiangsu Province, which proudly promotes itself as the birthplace of go genius Huang Longshi. Somehow I don't think it will have escaped the notice of Jiayuan that Jiangyan was coincidentally also the birthplace of President Hu Jintao.