riot will continue to make stupid decisions like this if teams don't make any statements about it and the community doesn't put pressure on riot.
The gaming industry in the last 10 years tells me that western dev's are willing to torch their entire reputation in the west just to appease China and keep a foot in that market. Look at Blizzard shit all over themselves with the Hong Kong shit, or Steam and GOG taking down Taiwanese games because they made some Chinese people angwy.