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It more than "looks like" Blizzard is taking China's side. They have outright said that they are in their chinese language statement

> We strongly condemn the player and the casters on what happened in the game last weekend ,and we firmly DISAPPROVE people to state their own political POV in any tournament. The player will be banned from the tournament,and the casters will never be granted the chance to cast any official tournament from now on. Besides,we will firmly PROTECT THE PRIDE OF THE COUNTRY just like what we always do.

(translation taken from another comment on HN, google finds lots of sources with similar translations, including news articles from reputable papers)