January, a wave of U.S. users migrated to China’s platform Xiaohongshu due to the TikTok ban, engaging in an unexpected “cost-of-living comparison” with Chinese users. Despite higher wages, many Americans found their living expenses made life harder than in China.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Icons for the smartphone apps Xiaohongshu and TikTok are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday ...

The mingling of so-called "TikTok refugees" with Chinese users on the PRC-based social network Xiaohongshu spawned a range of reactions, from some Chinese users’ excitement at the unexpected opening of a window in the Great Firewall,

The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also referred to as RedNote in English, has sprung to supremacy as the top free app on iPhone as the ban on TikTok took effect Sunday, drawing the ire of U.

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."

IC. I'm so excited that the world is changing and getting a lot smaller. It started with US "TikTok refugees" joining Xiaohongshu, a Chinese social media networ

Sensor Tower collects its ranking data from “publicly accessible estimates provided by the Apple App Store and Google Play [store].” While the firm doesn’t have direct insights into Apple’s and Google’s algorithms for determining rankings,

TikTok has resumed operations in the US following a shutdown overnight on Saturday, after the incoming US president Donald Trump pledged to “save TikTok” by delaying the proposed ban.

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

Xiaohongshu’s 300 million monthly active users are overwhelmingly Chinese – so much so that parts of its interface have no English-language version. They skew heavily female, often addressing ...

TikTok Refugees Are Pouring to Xiaohongshu. Here's What You Need to Know About the RedNote App WASHINGTON (AP) — As the fate of TikTok hangs in the balance, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the ...

The TikTok ban has driven disaffected American youth to the Chinese app, Xiaohongshu. While TikTok’s corporate lobbying backfired, Xiaohongshu’s mix of irony and subversion offers a new outlet—whether lasting or fleeting remains to be seen.