The Chinese World of WarCraft website has officially been opened. So far, information points towards the Chinese release sometime in late 2004.
Officially information on it:
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In anticipation of World of Warcraft's launch in China next year, the official Chinese World of Warcraft website opened this past weekend. Hosted by Blizzard's partner in China, The9, the leading online game publisher in the country, this website provides the latest news and updates for World of Warcraft's growing Chinese fan base. Fans can visit the site to read the most recent game news, learn more about game features, and chat with other World of Warcraft followers in the official forums. The official Chinese website also features beautiful art and music from the game, as well as translated material from the official World of Warcraft website.
The website can be found
here, and obviously it is in Chinese.