Chinese livestreamers flock outdoors for late-night tips

An outdoor livestreamer singing to the audiences through her mobile phones on an overpass bridge at night in Guilin, in southern China's Guangxi province. In the dead of night on a bridge in southern China, around two dozen livestreamers sat crooning and chatting into microphones, their identical ring lights spaced a few metres apart in glowing rows. — AFP

GUILIN, China: In the dead of night on a bridge in southern China, around two dozen livestreamers sat crooning and chatting into microphones, their identical ring lights spaced a few metres apart in glowing rows.

The broadcasters gather in spots like this in the city of Guilin most nights with the hopes of catching the attention of online “passers-by” scrolling through livestreams on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, where viewers can donate to their favourite streamers.