The initial reaction was of course panic selling, but if you give people one they will reflect on their positions. While exchanges may be shut, buying and selling Bitcoin over the counter is allowed. If I was in China, this might be an opportunity to build a nice crypto portfolio.
I also think that Chinese traders will now buy up coins and take them out for purses for long-term storage. Or for trading on other exchanges
I do not buy this point when Chinese government has clearly started a ban on ICO and asking the exchanges to shut this means they are not in a favor of bitcoin. And now if people does buy bitcoin though there is no official ban as of now in China for people to buy coins but sooner or later I personally think this might come up so people would be cautious and will not buy coins.