The appearances of Panda have always been in Warcraft. If you just happened to play Warcraft 3, there is an easter egg in the game featuring a panda.

The popularity of World of Warcraft has managed to reach South East Asia with the huge internet growth of last decide. This has allowed many players to play WoW in places like China and South Korea.

If you are wondering how World of Warcraft reached Asia. Now you know why!

World of Warcraft is currently being enjoyed by many players worldwide as a result of World of Warcraft popularity and it's very possible that Blizzard created Mists of Pandaira to greatly expand the theme of South East Asia for the Chinese, South Korean and other SEA players, but it doesn't stop from other players from other locations playing the game has it offers something new to the World of Warcraft universe.

So if you see players from Asia, feel free to welcome them when you see them in the game world because this expansion wouldn't be possible without them.

Even thou I don't play the game and have been following MMOs for a bit, I would understand why!