‘Spend US$22,200 a day’: influencer cancelled after vulgar display of wealth such as helicopter travels is latest target of China celebrity crackdown

Wang Xuancheng has three million followers and regularly posts pictures of her lavish lifestyle and boasts about how much money she spends. A recent post of her posing with a police helicopter triggered a backlash and raised questions about her access to government aircraft. — SCMP

A Chinese influencer who claimed she spends 150,000 yuan (US$22,200 or RM98,852) a day and travels by helicopter has been blasted on mainland social media and criticised by state propaganda outlets for promoting the worship of money.

Wang Xuancheng, known as Wang Chengcheng to her three million followers on video app Douyin, has come under intense criticism after sharing a video where she posed as a wealthy socialite with a police helicopter last week.