Think all Chinese dama do is dance, buy gold? Think again

Updated: 2015-12-09 08:14

(chinadaily.com.cn)

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn by Liu Yao.]

Editor's note: When we talk about Chinese dama, middle-aged women, we often think about them square dancing wearing weird clothes or snapping up gold, but not all fit the stereotypes.

Liu Yao, born in 1960, started taking photos at the age of 50 when she retired from work as a microscope assembler.