TikTok Refugees Have a New Favorite Chinese App — For Now
The logo for the Xiaohongshu app, which has become popular with some Americans.
Photographer: Raul Ariano/Bloomberg
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Hi, this is Colum Murphy in Beijing, where like many others I was surprised this week that one of my favorite Chinese social media apps was invaded by … Americans?
Xiaohongshu, which Americans are calling RedNote, took off in popularity because the US’s top court indicated it was likely to uphold a law that would ban the TikTok social media app. Read our story about the craze here.