It is understood that Zhang Zhehan was originally an artist of Yu Zheng, but he has not been popular for many years after signing the contract.
The nationalists also branded Zhao as an "American spy", citing that she had taken a photo and shaken hands with at the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Future Summit in Manhattan, US on 20 November 2014.
After this report was published, the hype surrounding the incident died down and the Chinese media seldom mentioned it again.