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From economic pessimism to cynicism about Marxism and fears over the potential for war, Chinese and American users of RedNote took part this week in rare candid exchanges that tested the limits of ...

China's economy has hit the government's 5% growth target for 2024 in the face of multiple challenges.

RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, became the most downloaded iPhone app in the US on Monday.

A looming TikTok ban has connected Chinese and American citizens like never before, as they swap jokes and memes in what one user described as a "historic moment".

‘Teacher Li’ is among the most prolific sources of unfiltered information from behind China’s Great Firewall. But an attempt to monetise it has proven controversial
On Monday, two parallel visions of Chinese activism appeared on X. One was showing a small protest outside a school in western Sichuan province. The other, from a related account, was a post promoting a memecoin and something it called the “$Li vision”, adding that “some of the greatest coins had a rocky start”.
The man behind both accounts is Li Ying, a Chinese art student turned activist based in Milan. His original X account, “Teacher Li is Not Your Teacher”, is one of the most prominent news feeds in the Chinese diaspora. To his nearly 2m followers, Li shares pictures and videos of happenings in China which would be censored inside the country.

Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, has been hiring for a surprising position in recent days: English-language content moderators.

Despite security concerns, Americans are flooding the app, where Chinese users are welcoming them with open arms – and Luigi Mangione memes
Cute cats. Fit checks. Travel vlogs. Luigi Mangione latte art. Americans who downloaded RedNote saw it all this week, as they fled to the Chinese social media app in advance of an ( ) .
English language content has , whose default language is Mandarin, with Americans posting introductions to themselves and kicking off cross-cultural discussions: How much do you pay for groceries? What Chinese slang do I need to know? Do you have any opinions about the state of Ohio?

President-elect ‘has warm spot’ for platform and wants political solution to ‘preserve app but protect data’
Donald Trump is considering suspending a with an executive order when he enters the White House on 20 January, according to a report.
The president-elect is exploring an executive order that would postpone enforcement of a sale-or-ban law due to come into force on 19 January, . The report added, however, that Trump’s legal grounds for suspending a law passed by Congress are questionable.

American and Chinese social media users are bonding on social media app RedNote in an ironic twist that could backfire on the U.S. government's plan to ban TikTok. So-called “TikTok refugees” are ...

American and Chinese social media users are bonding on social media app RedNote in an ironic twist that could backfire on the U.S. government's plan to ban TikTok. So-called “TikTok refugees” are ...

RedNote, an increasingly popular alternative to TikTok, has links to Pentagon-designated "Chinese military companies." ...

Experts say the flood of users to the Chinese app highlights flaws in the Albanese government’s social media ban
As the TikTok ban looms in the United States, users have flocked to RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, a China-based app that looks similar to Instagram.
But in Australia, where there is no imminent TikTok ban, the app is also rocketing up the app download charts. And it doesn’t just tell us about TikTok – it also exposes problems with Australia’s forthcoming social media age ban.