If you want to know what young Chinese people like now, you'd better not miss short videos. On popular short video apps1Douyin and Kuaishou, users can upload (上传) short videos to2their life with other users.
A 12-year-old user named Xiaoqianyu has up to 2.6 million fans on Douyin. The girl often uploads videos about3she learns jazz dance and finger dance. One of the videos brought her about one million fans. "It is easy and fun to shoot (拍摄) the videos.4can make it," said Xiaoqianyu.
5user, named Xiaozhou, is a 22-year-old college student. Xiaozhou likes Kuaishou6than Douyin. "There are many kinds of short videos on Kuaishou. Users can always find videos they like. The app7brings happiness to peopled life." Xiaozhou said.
Some people use the short videos to get second-hand8. "Because I can't spend many hours watching a(n)9or a long video, I'd like to get some10information from the short videos," said Wang Zhihao, a student at Anhui Medical University.
However, some young Chinese feel bored11some short videos."12time is the main reason for me to watch the short videos. Many dances in the videos are almost the same." said a 2l-year-old student at Anhui International Studies University.
Gong Lili, born in 1998, doesn't download (下载) a short video app13she doesn't believe what she sees on the apps. "People smile and cry as they wish in those videos.14it is not real at all," said Gong.
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