In December 2015, Xi Jinping demanded that military newspapers must be loyal to the party when he inspected the People's Liberation Army Daily.
"[3] The posting was removed shortly afterwards, and on February 22, Chinese media outlet Qianlong accused Ren of representing capitalism and attempting to overthrow the CCP.
"[8][9] Despite the perceived dissatisfaction with the party media's surname discourse, the Southern Metropolis Daily and numerous journalists said it was not intentional and was only a mistake.
[9] An announcement circulated a few days later stated that "malicious online interpretations by some people of serious mistakes by editors who have serious deficits in political sensitivity led to a serious guidance incident," and three senior newspaper staffs were disciplined, although all three said they were unaware of the situation.
[9] On March 29, Yu Shaolei, a prominent editor of the newspaper, announced his resignation, stating that he could "no longer follow your surname".