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Chinese vloggers are taking to YouTube to ‘set the record straight’

Chinese vloggers are taking to YouTube to ‘set the record straight’
South China Morning Post Sunday 09 August 2026, 11:00 UTC By Caroline Lin 1 min read
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At a night market in Shenzhen, Sasa Xu finishes her day with passion fruit tea. It costs US$2.40, bringing her total spend for the day to US$9.40 – details that close out her video “What low-income life in China really looks like”. The video has drawn more than 470,000 views since it was posted to YouTube in April.

At a night market in Shenzhen, Sasa Xu finishes her day with passion fruit tea. It costs US$2.40, bringing her total spend for the day to US$9.40 – details that close out her video “What low-income life in China really looks like”. The video has drawn more than 470,000 views since it was posted to YouTube in April. It includes footage of Xu at a traditional wet market and walking through a densely populated “urban village” where many of the city’s low-income workers live. “Through these simple,...
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