The blogger "Chigua Mengzhu," who gained popularity for controversial topics such as Ming and Qing history, the theory of Western pseudo-history, and the "mourning the Ming" interpretation of "Dream of the Red Chamber," and had over 5.5 million followers on Douyin, saw their accounts banned across multiple platforms in March 2026 after stopping updates at the end of 2025. They stated that this caused them to lose their source of income.