China is a very desirable choice if you are a skater/federation!
1. It's skaters are only super strong in pairs, so that teams and skaters in the other disciplines are sure that the 3 home picks will not be as strong as say in Russia or Japan or France or Canada. Why do you think that Domnina/Shabalin and Belbin and Agosto just loved going to China?
2. It is not the first in the series (if you want to start training later)
3. It is not last in the series (where it conflicts with university exams)
4. If you invite China's men or ladies or dancers to your event, they may reciprocate by inviting your teams that don't automatically qualify for a spot to CoC. (Samuelson /Bates anyone?) There's a reason there are often 2 Chinese dance teams at Skate America.
1. It's skaters are only super strong in pairs, so that teams and skaters in the other disciplines are sure that the 3 home picks will not be as strong as say in Russia or Japan or France or Canada. Why do you think that Domnina/Shabalin and Belbin and Agosto just loved going to China?
2. It is not the first in the series (if you want to start training later)
3. It is not last in the series (where it conflicts with university exams)
4. If you invite China's men or ladies or dancers to your event, they may reciprocate by inviting your teams that don't automatically qualify for a spot to CoC. (Samuelson /Bates anyone?) There's a reason there are often 2 Chinese dance teams at Skate America.