Wait, wasn’t it because of the gaming regulations crackdown in China back in 2021? iirc Tencent shut their server down in the next year after those strict regulations came in, like the 3-hour limit online time a week for people under 18.
Gaijin stopped doing bussiness with Tencent after the poor income/player count. Gaming regulation still are active today and you still see China players playing normally, in the international server.
Normally ruining it for everyone else.
When that server closed, it is still [raining fire] update