Omg I'm looking at the pull request for this change right now and there's almost 100 comments on it
Most of it are random software engineers from various ethnicities suggesting better translations for the non-English changes
People were debating exactly what the geographic boundaries/regions are for the which version you would see to decrease the odds of overall public backlash worldwide
Some people were trying to protest the change and citing laws and saying Google shouldn't kowtow to Trump

Y'all are not gonna like this but I think it's in China's best interests to keep their allies like Russia and Iran fighting for as long as possible rather than joining and help win the war and they definitely recognize this. Non intervention has a big benefit of being to supply people with weapons and materials for a long amount of time. Essentially the same method that US took to become a superpower after WWII
Until their borders and sovereignty are threatened again like the Korean War, they'll never join any war in any real capacity other than trading more and making cash