In China, some young people are paying steep prices for wish candles sold by influencers, hoping to rekindle a romance.
One such influencer, Li Zhuofan, built a following of more than 600,000 on mainland social media after appearing on the Russian reality show The Battle of Psychics, where she used a candle to “locate” a person hidden in a car boot and claimed she could sense that someone had once died in another vehicle.
After returning to China, Li began selling handmade wish candles online….
