From what I can see China isn't going particularly well in any of these games:
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?
gameID=4138http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?
gameID=4137http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?
gameID=4148http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?
gameID=4131It seems to me that China's success would depend on his neighbours willingness to leave him alone - as he has 3 of them (Turan/India/Sirijaya) 2 might leave him alone to go at the third, or they could all band together and seize the Chinese SCs (aka what happens to me whenever I play Austria).
As it's a new variant to the site, perhaps we need to wait a bit for some of stats to come in.
When you say a ''nomadic'' power, do you mean something similar to the Turks in Rinascimento?