It depends. There is a train of thought that Lebron IS the league, same as MJ was. If you diminish Lebron, the league takes a hit, maybe even more that it gains from pacifying China. The real money comes from attracting the hordes of causals, not us hardcore fans.
I mean next up to carry the league from a marketing perspective are the members of the Warriors, how are they handling the China thing? James Harden? So far you have those guys =====> Players smart enough to not say anything =====> Enes Kanter.
And if you think China will satisfied with flexing just this once, you are pretty new to this Eastern relations thing. Now that they know the NBA will jump when they say "frog," they will be interested in measuring just how high.