Xiaohongshu, which translates as “Little Red Book” but is widely known in the US as RedNote, topped Apple’s free-app downloads this week as so-called TikTok refugees flocked to its platform.

On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.

Launched in 2013, RedNote has become one of China’s fastest-growing social platforms, with a value of over $17 billion, according to the Financial Times. Known as Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” RedNote features a layout similar ...

Ahead of a possible TikTok ban this week, RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), a Chinese platform is gaining popularity.

Xiaohongshu’s biggest shareholders are in talks to sell shares in the Chinese Instagram-like service at a valuation of at least $20 billion, drawing interest from Tencent Holdings Ltd. and other big names as a potential TikTok US ban approaches.

China tensions have precipitated a decade-long decline in bilateral people-to-people exchanges. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Shanghai-owned social media platform Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, experienced a spike in downloads as some TikTok users are downloading the app as a U.S. ban on the latter looms. Until late December 2024,

Launched in 2013, RedNote has become one of China’s fastest-growing social platforms, with a value of over $17 billion, according to the Financial Times. Known as Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” RedNote features a layout similar ...

(AP Photo/Andy Wong) FIL E- A cell tower stands in Times Square in New York, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, Fie) As potential TikTok ban looms, some U.S. users are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu instead Icons for the smartphone apps ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the fate of TikTok hangs in the balance, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, also called RedNote – making it the top downloaded app ...

When Angelica Oung received the notification that her Xiaohongshu account had been blocked for violating the social media app’s code of conduct, her mind started racing.

The billionaire behind Tesla has significant business interests in China and has previously described himself as “kind of pro-China”. He could be at odds with a number of China hawks in the second Trump administration, and may even be labelled a national security risk due to his connections to the second-largest economy in the world.