Since I don't understand Chinese, I checked the Japanese Aion wiki that keeps track of the Chinese Aion news
In 1 month on 26/03 (Thursday), Aion China's open beta is going to start.Quote:
AION中国が1ヵ月後の3月26日(木)にOβを開始することになりました!(中国公式)
但し、登録ユーザー全員に無料のクライアントDVDを送付する方式で、クライアントをダウンロードできるか どうかは不明です。ダウンロードができないのであれば物理的に中国国外からの接続は不可能にな ります。
Registered users will be sent a client DVD for free, but it's unknown if there will be a client download or not. If there is no download, it seems impossible to get one's hands on it [client].
edit: The text on the Japanese wiki changes quite frequently. First they thought it's the commercial release on 26/03, then open beta. I'll try to keep you updated as nobody here seems to understand Chinese unfortunately to translate the original news item.
Anyway, maybe some mod can change the topic.