Bloggers and tourists in Hong Kong have resorted to the use of the Chinese app Xiaohongshu, known in English as Rednote. Kent Wong, a 46-year-old Hong Kong influencer, has amassed over 170,000 followers on Xiaohongshu.
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From economic pessimism to cynicism about Marxism and fears over the potential for war, Chinese and American users of RedNote took part this week in rare candid exchanges that tested the limits of censorship on the Chinese social media platform.
As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, some U.S. TikTok users are flocking to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.
TikTok will become impossible to access via an American internet connection. It probably will remain possible to access from an American location, though. The rub is a virtual private network, which sets up an encrypted tunnel for internet browsing and can run it through practically any country.
TikTok refugees flocked to Chinese platform Xiaohongshu on Monday, where users greeted them with offers of Mandarin lessons and jokes about spying.
The app, also known as Xiaohongshu, or Little Red Book in China, has seen a surge of new US users at a time of heightened geopolitical tension between the two world powers
RedNote is attracting users of another Chinese short video app, TikTok, in the US who fear a ban. See our 9-step guide to opening an account.
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With TikTok's days in the U.S. likely numbered, many American users are moving to another Chinese social media app: RedNote, a heavily censored platform similar to Instagram. Here's what to know.
From Li Ka-shing giving free Disneyland tickets to Hong Kong helpers to RedNote’s US challenges, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.