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[Rest of World] She drew millions of TikTok followers by selling a fantasy of rural China. Then politics intervened

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Rural Influencers Are Driving the New Rural Economy

Li Zu Chi went offline in July, ceasing to make or post any new content. She then sued the influencer agency Hangzhou-Wanyen for managing her online empire. Her meteoric rise coincided with a government shift towards a policy of rural revitalization. Many rural influencers like Li were people who once migrated to the city, seeing it as a land of opportunity.

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