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Jiang Qiyuan's smartphone often beeps several times in a row. There is nothing she can do but turn off the notifications from short video app Douyin.

The constant beeping happens every time a viewer "likes" or comments on her short videos posted on the app. During this particular 15-second video, Jiang's grandparents, who are both just over 70 years of age, perform fashionable finger dances to the beat of a popular song for the camera.