it's a signal suggesting that a significant portion of western media may be increasingly compromised by Beijing's influence
Maybe? It's only been a month, and Naomi Wu has been fairly clear in the past that she doesn't want too much scrutiny of her personal life. It's possible that her allies in Western media (and she definitely has some) have adopted a wait-and-see attitude about it. If the government is putting heat on her (or her partner), the last thing she wants is an international kerfuffle over it.