Of course the devs want as many people playing on their server as possible, no matter where in the world they are from.
But I don't think the devs are going to move the servers from France at any time (or make new ones).. Not only is it expensive, but a lot of hassle as well. It's not really a realistic idea for people that get no money for their free time work on Nostalrius. (At least as far as we, the community, know of)
And ping is always an issue in those situations. I for example can't play on some US privates from where I live, 300 ping is unplayable PvP for me. And I can't play without my PvP.
There was already another thread on this forum from another Chinese player, asking what the ping on Nostalrius would be for him, and I can only give you same advice as people gave him.
This reddit thread talks about it:
http://www.reddit.com/r/wowservers/comm ... a_servers/And in-case Reddit is blocked in China:
http://puu.sh/g86uj/ecf571b720.pngHowever, testing those pings might not really mean anything, as it will be a lot more reliable to try when the server actually goes live so you know for sure what to ping to see if it will be playable for you or not.
I myself got around 70-80 ping on the previous tests they had.