Chinese users on the RedNote social media platform have cautioned one another about requests from “TikTok refugees” who ask for street view images of China and photos of Tibet or Xinjiang, warning that such users could be foreign spies. Posts discouraging Chinese users from sharing street views began circulating on the platform last week with … Read more
It is a long-standing Chinese tradition during the Lunar New Year to give out red packets, also known as lai see in Cantonese and hong bao in Mandarin. Usually handed out in pairs and containing money, these paper envelopes are accompanied with greetings such as gung1 hei2 faat3 choi4 (in Cantonese) or gong1 xi3 fa1 … Read more
The influx of American “TikTok refugees” onto the Chinese social media app RedNote may feed into some of Beijing’s main talking points, but could also pose a challenge for China’s censors. As of Thursday afternoon, the topic “TikTok refugee” attracted more than 800 million views and 14.7 million discussions as new users, mostly with IP … Read more
As ByteDance-owned TikTok faces a complete ban in the US on 19th January, many of the 170 million Americans who use the app are switching to the lifestyle-sharing RedNote social media app as an alternative. The RedNote app, popularly known as Xioahongshu in China, meaning “Little Red Book,” is developed by Shanghai-based Xingyin Information Technology. … Read more
As the US looms over a TikTok ban, American users are deserting the platform in droves, seeking refuge in RedNote, a lesser-known, albeit another Chinese, alternative. On Monday, this unexpected shift catapulted the China-owned app, known domestically as ‘Xiaohongshu,’ to the top of the US App Store’s free app download charts. The name ‘RedNote’ carries … Read more
