A government that is forced to be held accountable for something like crimes against humanity emboldens the people on the ground to think, “Wait, this isn't the way a government should behave.”
We already see these White Paper protests. We see an emergence of consciousness of feminism in China, which includes half of the population.
The Chinese government cannot put this kind of consciousness down forever. I expect that a strong, principled stance on human rights can have knock-on impacts. I'm not guaranteeing it, but I'm saying it's important for people to push for that over time. This is a longer-term struggle. You see the Chinese people doing that over generations.