One, of course, is Rui Naiwei 9-dan. Although she is Chinese she needs to apply via Korea as she is registered as a guest player there. She wants to play for Shanghai. An interview with Feng Yun 9-dan appeared in the Chinese go paper Weiqi Zhoubao on 9 February 2001. She is now in America, having forsaken tournament go since she moved overseas in May 2000.
Life is still a bit of a struggle.
English is not too much of a problem, she says, as she spent two years learning it as part of an elite squad in China in 1987, but loneliness with hubby at work and daughter at school can be. She revealed that she has turned down invitations to major tournaments in the Far East because it would mean being away from her family. One thing that has surprised her is that so few Chinese people in America play go, yet virtually every Korean does. The hope is that top pros can thus make themselves available. The Chunlan , from Term 4, will divide into three stages.