According to an article by incgamers, the General Administration of Press and Publication has almost completed its content checks into World of Warcraft in China, although it has not announced approval yet for NetEase's licensed version of the game. GAPP, the group in charge of authorizing WoW in China, has found some violent content that needs to be changed, but this apparently is not difficult to fix.

WoW has been unavailable in China since June when Blizzard gave NetEase the rights to operate the game after the contract with The9 expired. With the GAPP's approval seemingly forthcoming, it looks like WoW will return to Chinese players soon.