TikTok Ban Spurs US Surge to Chinese App RedNote

Everything you need to know about RedNote as US TikTok ban looms

RedNote is a Chinese social media app that is rising in popularity in the US and the UK

Is RedNote breaking down the Great Firewall of China?

I turned to Xiaohongshu during the pandemic. At a time when I couldn’t visit China, the Chinese social media app (also known as “RedNote”) was a little slice of the motherland when I was bored with Instagram or Twitter. I was hooked immediately: like Instagram, the app is good for beautiful pictures and well-produced reels. It also has cute animals and an excellent sample of the dry wit of Chinese millennials. I’ve probably swiped through hours,…

These American TikTok 'refugees' joined a Chinese app they knew nothing about

With TikTok in danger of being banned in the US, many Americans have decided to migrate to an equivalent Chinese app, provoking some interesting conversations between young people on both sides of the Pacific.

‘We’d rather be Chinese’: TikTok ‘refugees’ are using App Store reviews of RedNote to criticize the U.S. government and American life

The TikTok ban is expected to come into force on Sunday, and the Supreme Court’s ruling on the controversial law is expected any hour now. As a result, many of the hundreds of millions of Americans who use and rely on the app for news, public discourse, collective action, and their livelihoods have been scrambling to find a new home. Many have found it on Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, another app owned by a Chinese company. RedNote has surged to bec…

Tech: US Tiktok users flock to Chinese social media app RedNote

RedNote is breaking down the Great Firewall of China

I turned to Xiaohongshu during the pandemic. At a time when I couldn’t visit China, the Chinese social media app (also known as ‘RedNote’) was a little slice of the motherland when I was bored with Instagram or Twitter. I was hooked immediately: like Instagram, the app is good for beautiful pictures and well-produced reels.