China only loses money. The consequences for Poland will be much more than that.
The Poles learned a long time ago that kissing the butts of aggressive powers just means you get eaten slowly, and to the sting of defeat is added the stigma of dishonor.
Kosciuszko is hailed as hero though defeated in the 1793 revolution, while the names of the Polish kings and aristocrats who cooperated with the partitioning powers are spat upon.