China’s dating shows for over-65s challenge taboos about older people and sex

Shows about aunts and uncles' looking for love go viral as they debunk negative stereotypes of elderly people

Standing before the studio audience the slim older man holds a microphone in front of his blue polo shirt, buttoned to the neck. Wang Qingming seems a little nervous as he faces his prospective date, a formidable looking woman with long black hair piled in a loose bun, her name tag obscured.

What bad habits do you have?" he asks.