The strike comes on the heels of a major leadership change at China Literature: A few members of the company's senior management team, most of whom were early employees who built the website, resigned and were replaced by people from Chinese internet giant Tencent, which is China Literature's largest shareholder. Speaking about the dramatic resignation, a Tencent employee close to the matter told AI Financial Club that there had been "ideological conflicts" between Tencent and China Literature's founding team for a considerable amount of time. The proposed changes, according to the person, were suggested by Tencent and met with strong opposition from China Literature's founders before they left the company.