HN is pretty much a mono-ideological site, from what I've witnessed. Any topic which triggers ideological discussion could be good for HN in my opinion.

Its not really a political topic, its an alarm clock that went off. With the big tech firms openly collaborating with regimes that dont shy away from military solutions to democratic self determination the future of the internet looks rather bleak. Its one step further to no longer being able to share information on the internet that powerful regimes dont want to be found. That your ability to share information is at will in a lot of platforms should interest the users here. Its the core problem we are facing if we want to keep any free software ideas alive in todays internet.

Differently put, this news is about Apple and the state of the internet, not the CCP.

It doesn't appear there's much battling here. It seems to be nearly unanimous opposition to Apple's decision. Ideological battle seems to imply two competing and popular opinions.

We rarely classify things that are bi-partisan as political. And Blizzard (which carries a substantially analogous version of events) has been condemned for their actions from Democrats and Republicans alike.