I can affirm that.
have been to 3 countries myself there, and having friends who flew over in the past year+ for WTT,
its a mad man's journey.
Asia over there is 1.5 days of travel
Tbh although Xiang Peng won, i felt that there had been no improvement in his BH. Not exactly sure why given the vast knowledge in the CNT he cant upgrade his BH just like what Ma Long did. Otherwise, it is looking like Lin Shidong is the future indeed. Unfortunate indeed.