Xiaohongshu

US sell-or-ban law against TikTok stirs unease in China as Beijing, social media giant ByteDance stay mum on next moves

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An article published by the Beijing Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party’s Beijing Municipal Committee, said the measure against TikTok is tantamount to a “robbery” that would “completely destroy American national credibility, which is already flawed”. United States President Joe Biden speaks after signing into law the foreign aid bill and a … Read more

Louis Vuitton Smashes Xiaohongshu Livestreaming Record

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BREAKING GROUND: Under pressure to sustain healthy growth for the second quarter of 2024, Louis Vuitton on Friday went the extra mile in China with an experimental resee livestreaming on Xiaohongshu, bringing the platform’s fashion-loving audience up close with the latest items from the brand’s pre-fall 2024 collection shown a day earlier in Shanghai, which … Read more

Alibaba adds 11 apps to Huawei’s HarmonyOS, bringing Xianyu, Fliggy and more to China’s Android rival

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Alibaba Group Holding is partnering with US-sanctioned Huawei Technologies to develop native versions of the e-commerce giant’s apps for the smartphone maker’s operating system HarmonyOS, which is meant to take on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS in mainland China. Eleven applications under Alibaba Group – including second-hand trading platform Xianyu, online travel platform Fliggy, courier … Read more

Opinion | Perhaps the TV show Expats did not portray Hong Kong as it likes. So what?

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It gave preferential treatment for a foreign production that portrayed Hong Kong in a not-so-flattering light. Whatever point Wang meant to make by including images of the protests doesn’t matter, though. Any mention of black-clad protesters and yellow umbrellas would usually elicit a rash response from the government and its supporters, but the reaction to … Read more

Cross-strait tensions no hurdle for Taiwanese shoppers – if the price is right

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Taiwanese consumers like Hsu often buy gear from mainland China when prices are low and device efficacy is sufficient to satisfy their needs, a quality widely described as cost-performance value, or just “CP value”. If not, politics may intrude. “Even though there are some geopolitical tensions, consumers in Taiwan still buy made-in-China products as long … Read more