I didn't so much read it as a negative, it's just that readers unfamiliar with the projects may think that "Chinese stack" means 1) code/issues are in Chinese and/or 2) the main contributor base is located in China.

I've been a long time user of Yii1 and Yii2. Qiang has created 3 PHP Frameworks between 2004-2015: PRADO, Yii1, and Yii2. At one point he was on a >700 day commit streak with work on Yii2. I can't blame him for needing to focus on his own professional career - OSS doesn't always pay the bills and can be very demanding.