A group of senior Chinese women, known as 'left-behind aunties', are gaining popularity through online live streams where they dance to popular youth trends, captivating internet users with their charm and dance skills.

A troupe of left-behind rural women in central China has gained online fame through group live streams orchestrated by local Gen Z managers. In Junying village in Henan province, more than 20 women with an average age of 60 wear sunglasses and gloves, colourful jackets and dance with props in a disused courtyard. But this is no ordinary square dancing. In group live-streams, the aunties take on the viral dance routines favoured by younger internet users, while viewers send virtual gifts and...