I don't know to what extent any of the changes will help the CN cRPG community. Having played on their servers the past few nights, it feels like they're running a different version of the game. Couching was never broken on their servers and they still have polestagger.
Last I heard this was true. CHN server isn't running WSE2 or is running an outdated version, which is why their couching was never broken like ours, and why the boar spear reigns supreme with its mighty polestagger.