Too hard to say. I think it's more important for China that LD wins this and consolidates his world no. 2 position. THW should have already gained enough ranking points by making the final to lift him up a bit.
"if you know lin dan would win, clap your hands" *clap clap*, "if you know lin dan would win, clap your hands" *clap clap*
By the way guys, what level would you say Asia Championships is at? Between Super Series and Super Series Premier? Or even less?
Well world no.1 Saina is here, WD no. 1 Matsumoto/Takahashi is here, MD no. 1 LYD/YYS is here, MS no. 1 Chen Long is present until QF. Super Series is enough. I wouldn't go as far as to compare it to a Premier since there's also a lot of very good players outside Asia that can't play here.
A year is a long time. Tian H and Wang Z would try hard to challenge Lin Dan. Next year's All England will give an idea of how they have progressed.