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Originally Posted by jeser#1772
Great News!
I had the oportunity to play a FRC off season in august this year in Shenzen,
was organized for CURYA and some american teams and was also one of the bigest events i went to,
was there 30 chisese teams plus 11 international teams playing RecicleRush
987, 148, 118, 525, 469, 2468, 359, 1595, 1538 (USA) 1772(Brazil) and 4613(Australia).
i don't know their plans to have a regional there but considering the organization i saw China will have one soon.
i didn't knew about this event in November, otherwise i would love to attend
FRC in China will be big!
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Things are starting to take shape in China for sure! Last month's CRC (China Robotics Challenge) was another huge success with our great Chinese hosts ( CUYRA- China Urban Youth Robotics Alliances) building upon last year's event. Pre event workshops with visiting teams listed in the previous post providing side by side build assistance resulted in better quality robots and game play. The quality of the venue was stepped up and our Chinese volunteers took over a greater amount of the planning and operations associated with this second event. A FIRST representative joined our American contingent of teams to see first hand ( no pun intended) if our Chinese friends are closer to being ready for an actual FIRST regional. There will be another CRC event next year and as things look at this point, there is a good chance there will be an actual regional the following year (2017). Chinese teams will continue to arrive days before some regionals here in the States and a few of our teams will continue to provide pre event workshops at our build facilities.
With the collective efforts of our American teams and other international teams like 4613 and 3132 (kudos to 3132 for your continued efforts) and soon others, growth of FRC in China is guaranteed. Best of luck this November to all FRC teams, the doors have been opened widely and the future of FRC in China is looking brighter!