A cheating chess champion is a fraud for life. It simply does not matter if he now claims to have won a chess championship match behind closed doors.
His reputation was ruined when he decided to cheat. A fraud is a fraud, and there is no erasing that fact.
Again, you are painting me as someone who would let it slide. Just stop.
Furthermore, a cheating chess champion is an individual. A government of a country of billions of people is a dynamic entity and governments in general are likely to change their act when something is exposed.
It's happened with the US of A.
In any case, I'm not here to defend China. I actually reposted this story before Markjo let me know it was already being discussed. I see it as information to be discussed or merely taken in, not affirmation in one way or the other.
Try some agnosticism, it's healthy.