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Since they don't need HCT points to qualify how do they qualify for HCT? What Tournament(s) do they have to win? What ladder finishes do they have to get? It just seems bizarre that in HCTs Rule Book all the rules apply to everyone EXCEPT China. 

Hmm I wasn't aware that they didn't need HCT points. I'm curious to see what others say.

Straight from the HCT Handbook, why is it so secretive regarding China?

https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/gallery/7i/7IMDCN9JJCF31515798874341.pdf

"Note that this Handbook does not apply to
Tournaments or programs that occur in China. "

"The Seasonal Championship Tournaments will consist of sixteen players. Four players from the
Americas Seasonal Playoff Tournament, four players from the Europe Seasonal Playoff
Tournament, four players from the Asia-Pacific Seasonal Playoff Tournament, and four players
from the China Hearthstone Game Region as determined by Blizzard Entertainment"

They do have their own playoff tournaments which traditionally consist of both players that come through some qualifiers and some invited players (that's why some Chinese big names qualify consistently to Championships). Top 4 of those tournaments qualify for Championships, as you would expect.

They also do have some sort of HCT point system but what those points are needed for, I'm not sure (I think the Last Call participant was selected through another tournament last year rather than sending the highest point earner, but I might remember wrong). I do know that XiaoT is currently leading although I've never seen their points table myself.

I don't know any further details about China qualifiers as the information just isn't out there unless you can read Chinese or just happen to know a lot about that scene.