‘China’s Kim Kardashian’ banned by Beijing from social media for flaunting his wealth
NY Post
A Chinese social media influencer has been kicked off the country’s most popular online platforms because internet censorship authorities disapproved of his posts showing off his luxury clothes and high-end jewelry.
Wang Hongquanxing, who has earned the moniker “China’s Kim Kardashian” for his overt displays of wealth, was abruptly taken off China’s social media sites for bragging about the large amounts of money he spends on clothing and other goods, according to reports.
Wang, who once bragged that he never left his home without wearing jewelry and clothing that totals at least $1.4 million in value, has been barred from sites including Weibo, Douyin and Xiaohongshu.
The Chinese government’s “cyberspace administration” ruled that social media users were not permitted to “create ostentatious personas.”
Experts speculated that Chinese government authorities were sensitive to wealthy individuals flaunting their good fortune during a time of significant economic downturn nationwide.
“It is likely that many people do see this sort of content as vulgar, particularly during an economic slowdown,” Carwyn Morris, an expert on Chinese internet policy for Leiden University in the Netherlands, told Financial Times.
