for those who read chinese check out this article
http://www.efu.com.cn/data/2007/2007-07-20/204015.shtml
she basically announced her career plan, which to a lot of us would be a bummer, because as she said very explicitly, “在这里,我要明确地说:我今后的工作重点将一直在国内,而且代言的产品以国产品牌为主。” that the market in which she will work will strictly be china, endorsing chinese brands, etc.
this is very clearly not out of pride or whatever silly things, it's a logical progression for a very top model that simply cannot jeopardize the height of her career for an european/american stint - she's simply overwhelmed with contracts/shoots/work back home to consider long term concentration in the West.
her manager said a bunch of head people from either IMG or Next came over trying to persuade or having talks with them to get Mo to sign with them, saying she'd no doubt be amongst the top models if she dabbled in the intl market, but that since the chinese model industry is 20 yrs behind the West there is no way she could be recognized if staying home bound.
so there's a tug of war between her extremely controlling & profit driven (*cough* greedy & assbackwards) chinese agency and the western agency(s). the former knows that majority of their revenue & livelihood as a company depends on the income Mo generates. like last yr she raked in several contracts worth at least few million yuan. so of course theyre not willing to let her leave for what would be full-on dedication under IMG as people like Du Juan & Pei Bei had done.
so in conlusion, dont expect Mo to walk for top designers with actual ounce of innovation but do expect her blog in the future to be inundated with pictures of brand promotions for toothpaste, cameraphone, and jewelry companies.
ah well. it was fun while it lasted. time to sign off thread.