Justin Sun has drawn sustained criticism in China over the past week, according to Protos, after a series of public posts and replies turned a personal dispute into a wider reputational problem. The controversy began when Sun published a long X post that he described as both fiction and as close to the truth as he could remember. In that account, he alleged that Chinese actress Jing Tian had planned to donate her eggs to a surrogate so the two could have a child, and that he later sued to recover gifts after she allegedly asked for more money. The post triggered immediate backlash from mainland Chinese audiences, who, according to Protos, saw the disclosure of intimate details as harmful to Jing Tian and her career. Rather than stepping back, Sun kept discussing the matter publicly, including in an interview with a Chinese media outlet, even while saying courts should handle the issue. The dispute then widened to include Chinese commentator Hu Xijin. After Hu made an offhand remark about "having a chat in Beijing," Sun responded at length on X, arguing over the meaning of "decency" across generations. He later added another unusual post offering to livestream a precise measurement of his height by a metrology institute after repeated mockery online. Protos says Chinese social platforms now appear to be pushing his name out of trending discussions.

According to Protos, Justin Sun has again taken his dispute with ex-girlfriend Jing Tian into the public arena, despite telling Binance founder Changpeng Zhao three days earlier that he was done airing personal grievances online. This time, the controversy widened after Sun complained about the betrothal gifts he is suing to recover from Jing and drew in Hu Xijin, a prominent Chinese commentator once labeled by The Guardian as China’s “troll king.” Hu responded with a blunt line that people trying to wash away “evil and hypocrisy” through short essays would not win broad sympathy. The report says Sun then posted on X, arguing that his dispute reflected problems faced by “200 million Chinese men,” including questions around bride price, a “childbearing price,” and whether men should meet every demand made by women. Hu later answered in a public post, saying, in machine-translated form, “It’s clear you value the Chinese public opinion arena… Let’s have a good chat when you’re in Beijing.” Protos also tied the episode to growing questions on Chinese social media about Sun’s liquidity, including why a billionaire would sue an ex over roughly $4 million.