Want to know if you’re pretty? See if street photographers in China zoom in on you

An influencer who goes by the handle Qianqian being surrounded by people taking photos of her in Yuanyang Taikoo Li in Chengdu. - ST PHOTO: AW CHENG WEI

CHENGDU: Videographer Liu Riyong spends two to three evenings a week at Yuanyang Taikoo Li, Chengdu’s hip and upscale shopping area, filming young, fashionable women.

The clips are uploaded to his two Douyin – the Chinese TikTok – accounts, and the collection has amassed close to 540 million likes since he started the accounts last year.