In some news that doesn't quite fit in with the recent rumors of discontentment between Blizzard & Chinese publisher The9, MMORPG Blog reports today that Blizzard & The9 are now in talks to release the first WoW expansion on Chinese shores in early 2007.

Recent rumors have Blizzard being unhappy with their partnership with The9 & there has been buzz of them searching for a new Chinese publisher. Hopefully, a deal can be worked out somewhere that will allow Chinese players access to all the content of the upcoming new expansion.

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