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The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps

24 January 2025 at 06:00

In the days leading up to the January 19 deadline for TikTok, users in the U.S. scrambled to find alternatives. But instead of YouTube, X, or Instagram, the so-called TikTok...

Chinese owned apps that specialize in social commerce like Lemon8, Xiaohongshu and TikTok have dominated American attention.

U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users

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By: Kinling Lo and Viola Zhou

14 January 2025 at 17:02

American high school student Venus Rios sparked a flurry of chatter when she posted this week on Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, writing in Chinese characters. “Hi Chinese netizens! I...