‘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 3 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
A Chinese influencer who claimed she spends 150,000 yuan (US$22,200) 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 3 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.
Her Douyin account was banned shortly after the scandal erupted. In previous posts on her account, the 31-year-old boasted that she owned an opulent 400-square metre mansion, drove around in a Rolls-Royce, and spent more than 150,000 yuan a day.
She also claimed her father was a high-ranking police officer, prompting many to question if that was how she had access to a police helicopter and if an abuse of power had occurred.
Authorities in Shenyang in Liaoning province, northeastern China, where Wang lives, said the helicopter is privately owned and only leased to local police. They said that Wang had only used it for filming videos and did not have access to it for private travel.