He's lost a lot of face on this ~ but I'm still not convinced it's about that kind of "Chineesiness" ~ more likely about his "Chi Com ishness".
“Chu is very much wrapped up in his ethnic Chineesiness. To apologize for actions however stupid and dishonest would be to lose face. He has this big overachieving family, and he will not dishonor them by admitting he’s a piece of shit.”
Unfortunately back when I was attending UC Berkeley there was an out. He could go up in the Campanile and jump, like other failed Asian students did back in the day. But sadly, now the Campanile has glass anti-suicide windows that would prevent his doing the honorable thing!