High-heeled China son struts stuff like supermodel to raise cash for mum’s cancer treatment

A live streamer from rural China has become the beating heart of his home village, and atrracted a massive online following, by wearing high heels to make fun videos which challenge traditional stereotypes. -- Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

BEIJING (SCMP): A young live streamer in China has attracted 800,000 followers on a major social media platform by wearing high heels and strutting his stuff like a runway model to sell oranges in his village.

The money he has raised from his eye-catching online videos helps pay for his mother’s cancer treatment.