VERNON, B.C. -- If there was still any lingering question that China's Bingyu Wang is for real, it was settled here this afternoon at the 2008 Ford World Womens Curling Championship.

China scored early and often in simply overwhelming USA"s Debbie McCormick. The Chinese led 7-1 by the fifth end break and McCormick finally conceded two ends later having yielded successive steals of one and two to make the final score 10-1. The win improved the Chinese to 7-0.

The emphatic victory over one of the top contenders in this field came just one draw after China beat Canada's Jennifer Jones -- another top contender -- by a score of 9-7.

Put it altogether and China now has more wins in this event already than they've ever registered before at a worlds. Their previous record was six wins, achieved two years ago in Grande Prairie.

McCormick said the the drubbing was the result of a good Chinese team, but even more so the changed ice conditions that her team failed to pick up on.

"We feel like we got beat by the ice more than the Chinese," McCormick said.

Wang suggested maybe it was the Americans who simply beat themselves. "Today, the USA played not good."

The loss dropped USA's record to 4-2, a game behind Canada and Switzerland who are tied for second at 5-1.

Canada and the USA will play each other here Tuesday evening (9 p.m. ET, TSN). The rest of Tuesday night's draw will feature Italy versus Germany, Japan versus Czech Republic and Denmark versus Switzerland.

In other games Tuesday afternoon, Denmark defeated Scotland 7-6, Japan beat Russia 10-5 and Sweden beat Italy 9-7.

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