Why would Google do this, though? They seem to have mostly ceded the Chinese market.
Google largely has largely taken being excluded from China in stride, the other user is wondering why they would do this now.
Google might well accept being excluded from China, but I’m assuming that the prospect of being allowed to re-enter that market is periodically dangled in front of them by the ruling party in China, and that consequentially Google has an ongoing motive to somewhat abide by the PRC’s rules.
Also, Google may be excluded from China, but Google also has a lot to lose if relations with China deteriorate, for example, if China somehow interferes with the primacy of Android there and therefore causes a massive dent in platform numbers.
As far as China disconnecting from Android or forking it... that seems inevitable. Deleting some comment's wont change that.
Point is, the longer Google can postpone any such occupancies, the longer they can delay a drop in their stock market price (because surely such an event would have a negative effect on their stock, both for rational reasons [such as less telemetry data] and irrational [day traders] reasons).
And yes, of course this is pure conjecture. I’m not Larry Page in disguise spilling the beans of Alphabet’s Boardroom musings.