Ahead of the possible TikTok ban, "TikTok refugees" are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, or Red Note, with strange and fascinating consequences.

Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book” in Chinese, is a lifestyle e-commerce and social media platform. Think Instagram meets Tiktok: an app whose feed offers an infinite scroll of Instagram-like posts, powered by TikTok-style customized ...

(Yicai) Jan. 21 -- Five major trends characterize the e-commerce landscape of China’s Xiaohongshu, known outside the country as RedNote, a media outlet under Yicai Media Group discovered by delving into the app’s list of the top 100 merchants and 100 most noteworthy brand ambassadors and influencers over the past year.

A strange phenomenon is sweeping through social media as the last days of TikTok in the US begin to unfold. As most of the 170 million American TikTok users await its ever-encroac

With the U.S. ban on TikTok looming, many Americans are opting for another Chinese app known as RedNote. It could be short-lived.

Ahead of an impending ban on TikTok in the US, young Americans are flocking to RedNote which many say is “China’s answer to Instagram”. Xiaohongshu’s US downloads surged more than 200% year-on-year this week.

An American influx to the social media app has shown people in both countries what every day life is like. As one person in China put it, “We were united together as more similar than different"

It operates as a platform for e-commerce, a manual for tips on travel and fine dining, as well as a vehicle for users to share content from their everyday lives. Xiaohongshu literally translates from Mandarin to "little red book," likely a reference to the ...

Chinese-owned TikTok is set to be banned in the United States on Jan. 19, 2025, and another Chinese-owned app is welcoming American "TikTok refugees."

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Jan. 19 unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, ByteDance.

(Ph (Getty Images) Xiaohongshu, which in English means "Little Red Book" is a Chinese social media app that combines e-commerce, short video and posting functions. The app has gained traction in China and other regions and countries with a Chinese diaspora ...

The US Supreme Court is due to rule on Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act that stipulates TikTok must be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance by Sunday or face a ban in the US on the pretext of "national security" concerns.