Could this announcement have had any influence on the allegations about evasi0n's decision to "rush their jailbreak" or however you read that drama https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6951647
Seems unlikely, given it's been brewing for months (years?). China Mobile had already started selling iPhones a few weeks ago, with in store displays. Far more likely that someone was about to leak the jailbreak without the stuff they were (allegedly) paid to add, which would completely devalue/derail their own deal.