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China’s livestream queen makes nice with Beijing

Huang Wei tried to break into China’s showbiz in the mid-2000s. It didn’t work out. Fifteen years later, Huang, now 36, is a household name. Now known as Viya, Huang is China’s livestream queen, a billionaire and increasingly, a political role model promoted — and controlled — by the state.

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