That second one is a benefit not to PR to the general population, but as an underline to Chinese statements in arenas such as the UN which seek to defend their

That second one is a benefit not to PR to the general population, but as an underline to Chinese statements in arenas such as the UN which seek to defend their practises (censorship, monitoring) in the face of very hypocritical statements by the US. The cost of doing this is negligible, yet the value to them as a PR coup on a political level is quite high.