TikTok, RedNote

Chinese App RedNote Becomes the New Home for “TikTok Refugees,” But Will the Exodus Prove Permanent?
As Xiaohongshu — known as RedNote or Red in English — surged to the top of the App Store downloads list this week, users in both China and the U.S. celebrated an unprecedented cross-cultural exchange: "Seeing people actually sharing their lives directly to each other is just beautiful.
The female Chinese billionaire behind RedNote stands to profit off of the TikTok ban
To say the rollout of the U.S.’s TikTok ban has been a mess would be an understatement. After years of back and forth in Washington, the Chinese-owned vid
What to know about RedNote, the Chinese app that American TikTokkers are flooding
With TikTok's days in the U.S. likely numbered, many American users are moving to another Chinese social media app: RedNote, a heavily censored platform similar to Instagram. Here's what to know.
TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing.
What Is RedNote? Why This Social App Has Knocked TikTok Down the Download Charts
Millions of Americans this week downloaded the Chinese social networking app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, as a possible U.S. prohibition of TikTok loomed.
American TikTokers Get a Taste of Chinese Censorship as They Rush to RedNote
Users looking for a TikTok alternative learn about daily life in China, but some posts are taboo.
RedNote Censorship Concerns Emerge As TikTok Users Flock to Chinese App
As self-described " TikTok refugees" pour onto the Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, some foreign netizens are already running up against the country's extensive censorship apparatus. Newsweek reached out to Xiaohongshu with a request for comment via a general contact email address.
U.S. bans TikTok: users flock to RedNote as TikTok’s cultural influence fades
TikTok faces U.S. ban on Jan. 19, leaving 170M users scrambling for alternatives amid national security concerns and data privacy debates.
TikTokers say goodbye to their 'Chinese spy' and move to RedNote
Influencers have posted about leaving TikTok and moving to Rednote as the US is set to go ahead with a ban on Sunday.
A rare, joyful U.S.-Chinese exchange is taking place as 'TikTok refugees' flock to RedNote
The arrival of American users on RedNote has brought instant online connection between Americans and Chinese even as academic and other exchanges have dampened.
What is RedNote? TikTok 'refugees' surge to popular Chinese app ahead of ban
Shanghai-based Xiaohongshu, or RedNote as it is known in English, is a Chinese social media platform growing in popularity as an alternative to TikTok, but with the same security risks.
RedNote, Flip, Clapper, and Likee claim the top of the App Store as TikTok comes back online
TikTok may be back, but that hasn't prevented other Chinese competitors from gaining users. In the lead-up to a ban on TikTok ...
China panicked about American users corrupting their youth via TikTok alternative RedNote
RedNote, called Xiaohongshu in Chinese — which literally translates as Little Red Book, an apparent reference to former ...
Beijing Worries About Americans Fleeing to RedNote From TikTok: Analysts
Donald Trump has extended the deadline on the TikTok ban by 75 days but is now pushing for 50 percent U.S. ownership—an ...
RedNote Is the U.S.-China Peace Talks We Need
An American influx to the social media app has shown people in both countries what every day life is like. As one person in ...
Childhood couple ties knot, Eddie Peng RedNote craze, table tennis row: 5 trending stories
From a childhood couple tying the knot to Chinese RedNote users posing as Eddie Peng, here are five stories from recent SCMP ...
What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to – and the cultural moment unfolding there
(THE CONVERSATION) TikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025. The company shut down the app shortly before ...