>>79312936They were trying to get Coco out.
She was explicitly pushing for HoloEN's creation and at that point, was the spearhead into the global market. She didn't give a single shit about the chinks either.
The chinks knew the untapped global market would be much greater than what they were giving Cover at the time, and they were afraid they were going to lose their position in Cover's priority list.
Then Cover called their bluff when they tried the "Fire Coco or leave China" ultimatum. Now, instead of getting what they want, they ruined it all for everyone there. Right after, the antis lost steam and died out as b2 and other platforms start to put their foot down on these antis.
Meanwhile, the taiwanese openly rallied themselves around Hololive and became a Holostronghold. This would later pave the path for the collabs with the taiwanese and such.
