Mike Bloomberg himself stands to lose an enormous amount of money due to lost business in China, as a result of this story's publication. Whether the story is accurate or inaccurate, either way Mike is going to lose money on it. The only business-logical thing that Bloomberg could have done with this story is to sit on it. Clearly there are non-business motivations for this publication. The possibilities that immediately strike me or that an overriding incentive for this publication was provided by an outside monolithic actor or that an ethical / public interest motivation prevailed.