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

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A rare wave of U.S.-China camaraderie broke out online in recent days as “refugees” from the popular short video platform TikTok poured onto a Chinese social media platform to protest a now-delayed ban on the service.

On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.

Xiaohongshu’s biggest shareholders are in talks to sell shares in the Chinese Instagram-like service at a valuation of at least $20 billion, drawing interest from Tencent Holdings Ltd. and other big names as a potential TikTok US ban approaches.

In the days leading up to a proposed US government ban on the social media platform TikTok, American users have turned to another Chinese-owned app, Xiaohongshu.

With a TikTok ban set to go into effect in the U.S. on Sunday, social media users in the U.S. are migrating to Xiaohongshu, also known as ‘REDnote.’

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."

Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have jumped to the top of Apple's App Store as TikTok moves closer to being kicked out of the U.S.

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.

Ahead of a potential ban this Sunday, Xiaohongshu, which is also known as Red Note or Booktok, quickly became the most downloaded free app on the U.S. App Store on Tuesday, surpassing Lemon8, a social network app that is also owned by TikTok parent ByteDance.

Chinese-made social media apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have soared to the top two spots on Apple’s iPhone download charts in the U.S., as users look for alternatives to TikTok ahead of an imminent ban stateside.