At the World Team Championship in Israel, the Chinese national team is leading Russia by 4 points, Armenia by 5.5 points and Ukraine by 7 points with 2 rounds to go!!
Yes, you read it correctly!
No. Nation Pts.
1. China Men 19.5
2. Russia 15.5
3. Armenia 14.0
4. Ukraine 12.5
The highlight will be the showdown between China and Russia in the final round.
This is the Chinese team roster:
1 Xiangzhi Bu GM 2637
2 Pengxiang Zhang GM 2613
3 Hua Ni GM 2603
4 Zhang Zhong GM 2608
5 Jianchao Zhou GM 2516
6 Chong Liang GM 2515
This is the Russian team roster:
1 Peter Svidler GM 2740
2 Alexey Dreev GM 2694
3 Alexander Grischuk GM 2720
4 Alexander Morozevich GM 2707
5 Evgeny Bareev GM 2675
6 Sergei Rublevsky GM 2652
This is the Armenian team roster:
1 Levon Aronian GM 2724
2 Vladimir Akopian GM 2707
3 Asrian Karen GM 2645
4 Rafael A Vaganian GM 2614
5 Smbat G Lputian GM 2614
6 Ashot Anastasian GM 2596
This is the Ukrainian team roster:
1 Vassily Ivanchuk GM 2748
2 Ruslan Ponomariov GM 2704
3 Andrei Volokitin GM 2666
4 Pavel Eljanov GM 2663
5 Moiseenko Alexander GM 2663
6 Sergey Karjakin GM 2658
Here is the official site of the World Team Championship: http://wccisrael.com/Index.asp
You can also get information here: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2724 
The Chinese will dominate chess for years to come.