The Tiananmen Square massacre may have been introduced to his fans by a Chineseinfluencer.
On the eve of the event's 33rd anniversary, Li Jiaqi posted a picture of a tank-shaped ice cream.
Immediately after the show was taken off-air, there was a wave of curiosity from his fans.
An ice cream sales pitch may have inadvertently introduced his fans to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
A day before the event's 33rd anniversary, Li Jiaqi and his co- host promoted an ice cream product that looked like a tank. His live show was taken off-air because of the confusion of his 170 million followers.
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Some viewers thought that the shape of the ice cream reminded them of when the Chinese Communist Party sent tanks and troops into Beijing to crack down on pro-democracy protesters.
The "Tank Man" photo, in which an unknown man stands in front of a column of tanks near Beijing's central Tiananmen Square, is one of the most famous images from the massacre.
Hundreds of deaths were caused by the student-led protests for democratization in China. The country's social media sites have blocks on the discussion of the massacre.
The Journal says that pictures of tanks are often removed from the internet around June 4.
A user on China's Weibo platform said that Li would likely be summoned by the authorities for interrogation and that he had gone too far.
The show was cut due to technical difficulties according to Li. The next live-streaming session didn't air according to the Journal.
The fans of the 29-year-old seemed to think that there was more to it than a technical glitch.
Fans left comments demanding the truth on Li's Weibo page. What is happening? One person wrote, "Is it a tax thing again?", referring to the fact that another top live-streamer, Viya, was fined $210 million for tax evasion last December.
There were comments alluding to the Tiananmen massacre. They are afraid of the shape of ice cream. More people will be aware of it. One person wrote.
Li did not reply immediately.
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