China =/= the only Asian influence.

[Irons Maidens]

The Shado-pan seem awfully Japanese to me.
Kun-Lai Summit seems awfully Tibetan to me.
Townlong Steppes seems awfully Mongolian/Middle Eastern to me.
The lower half of the Valley of the Four Winds sounds awfully Vietnamese/Southeast Asian to me.
The upper half of the Valley of the Four Winds indeed seems Chinese to me.
The Vale of Eternal Blossoms seems awfully Japanese to me as well.
The Jade Forest seems like a blend of Southeast Asian jungles and bambus Chinese forests to me.

Mists of Pandaria is pan-Asian.

[Chingylol]

Well yea, they never ever stated that MOP was going to be 100% based on China.

[Tezmata]

Not to mention we've had Korean influences in Night Elven architecture/culture since Vanilla.

[Z3ROR]

Blood Elves got a little arabic influence. which is semi-asian as well.

[Chonar]

Blood Elves got a little arabic influence. which is semi-asian as well.

Really? :|
Well I guess the gratuitous use of gold plating everywhere is something, but..

[Soulwind]

Only players have specifically compared Pandaria with China. For Blizzard it has always been an asian/oriental/eastern theme. However, Pandaren are going to be Chinese themed because last time they were put in a different enviroment (samurai armors), some Chinese felt insulted.

Really? :|
Well I guess the gratuitous use of gold plating everywhere is something, but..

The archways, chairs and those curtains everywhere are somewhat arabic.

[Omgarsh]

Really? :|
Well I guess the gratuitous use of gold plating everywhere is something, but..

Go walk around Silvermoon sometime and look at all the silk curtains and pillows and general layout. It's like an Arabian fantasy castle.

[Darnassian]

Blood Elves got a little arabic influence. which is semi-asian as well.

Not to mention the music in Darnassus as well as the older music from WC3 has a Middle Eastern/Indian sound to it.

[Airwaves]

Whats the bet the first warrior plate teir is Japanese samurai based, rogue leather is ninja based and mail gear is Mongolian based?

[Deleted]

Native Americans (Indians) are also of Asian ancestry
Oh Taurens?

[Chonar]

Go walk around Silvermoon sometime and look at all the silk curtains and pillows and general layout. It's like an Arabian fantasy castle.

Ah riiiight, you're right. I forgot about those.

And I usually have to run around Silvermoon.

On mountback.

Chased by spellbreakers'n'shit.

Whats the bet the first warrior plate teir is Japanese samurai based

Yes please.

[Kenasan]

Hindu Naga


Lady Vashj

[Z3ROR]

Hindu Naga


Lady Vashj

Don't forget this one:

[The Colonel]

Where're the mecha?

...You don't think they'll be in the titan stuff, do you?

[huth]

Don't forget this one:

<snip>

They're even called Shivan.

[Hyde]

And don't forget some aspects of the Troll Empires mimic various Malay Archipelago cultures; head hunting, drakari architecture and music etc

oh and definitely KRIS!

[Thage]

Really? :|
Well I guess the gratuitous use of gold plating everywhere is something, but..

The building designs are based off of designs commonly found in Arabian Nights tales and settings inspired by them.

[Hyde]

The building designs are based off of designs commonly found in Arabian Nights tales and settings inspired by them.

and the name of the expansion they introduced is called the Burning Crusade....

[Gallahadd]

Whats the bet the first warrior plate teir is Japanese samurai based, rogue leather is ninja based and mail gear is Mongolian based?

It's actually a VERY solid bet, all the Pandaran warrior armor was VERY Samurai based

If this happens I will explode with joy...

then I will yoink all the warrior gear and Transmog it for my pally, complete with a Katana themed 1h, winning

[Deleted]

Not to mention we've had Korean influences in Night Elven architecture/culture since Vanilla.

I'm not so sure about that...
However they have been inspired by Nordic and Japanese architect.