The whole debate has mainly taken place within the local academic circle and online public sphere until very recently (July 7) when a local media outlet (ifeng.com) disclosed a joint letter signed by "an international community of scholars, translators, editors, historians and cultural critics" in support of Wang Hui. 
Mdahalo huo mzima umefanywa zaidi miongoni mwa wasomi wa ndani ya nchi na kwenye mtandao wa intaneti mpaka hivi karibuni kabisa (Julai 7) pale chombo cha habari kimoja cha nchini humo (ifeng.com) kilipochapisha barua iliyotiwa saini kwa pamoja na "jumuiya ya kimataifa ya wasomi, wafasiri, wahariri, wanahistoria na wakosoaji wa utamaduni" wakimwunga mkono kwa juhudi zote Wang Hui.