Whether this is true or not chinese culture and memes are on a different level than what the rest of the west is used to, You can see this in multiplayer games which has a heavy chinese presence like dota 2, crossfire etc.Just for curiosity.... is that fake too?
In this particular case the image is their version of still would do her meme and honestly I don't see an issue with this, the guy seems to be having a conversation with a fan but its par for the course for western journalists to get offended about something they have no relation to.