And in the event that the response is: China bans Valve, Valve loses hundreds of millions of dollars, decides to cut back on professional gaming, and stops putting money into the tournament system?

Then what are the players and teams going to do? Go back to the life style they had back when tournaments paying out $50,000 total made it a major event?

You guys don't seem to get it. Players and teams haven't pulled out because they are very afraid of what it would do to their careers, that's why even PPD of all people haven't made a statement yet. They need an official statement to stand behind, because this is a much bigger threat to their careers than it is for professional hosts who can always move to other games.