She may not have broken her own country's laws, but Xiaohongshu is a Chinese platform.
When a foreign citizen chooses to register, operate, and build an audience on a Chinese platform, they are legally and ethically bound to respect the laws and territorial sovereignty of that country. You don't get to use a country's localized platform to gain traffic while openly disrespecting its sovereignty.
Ignorance of basic platform compliance and cross-border respect is nothing to brag about.