Blizzard and their Chinese partner NetEase announced
World of Warcraft in mainland China server will introduce in monthly subscription fee starting August 4, 2016.
The price is RMB 75 ($11 USD) /month, or RMB 198 ($30 USD)/season, or RMB 360 ($54 USD)/year.
At the same time, it's announced that Chinese players can transfer one of their characters to a different account for free.
http://2p.com/44117483_1/World-of-Warcraft-11-Monthly-Fee-Business-Model-Is-Coming-to-Mainland-China-by-JoeLW.htm
Comments
That will be the hope of course.
Not sure how the "one free transfer" ties in.