Why not?

They're in China. As long as they're doing work for the Chinese government, as this article suggests, they're in zero danger.

I think what the parent meant was such an organization must have re-organized or manifested into a separate identity(s) than which they were reported as to divert attention.

At least that was my interpretation.

Once arstechnica writes about your criminal hacking enterprise, it would be prudent to re-group.