Many users flocked to another Chinese-owned app, RedNote, when it looked like TikTok would be banned. Americans and Chinese citizens have been getting to know each other.
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When TikTok looked doomed in the U.S., many users quickly signed up for another Chinese-owned app called Xiaohongshu in protest. It’s known as RedNote in English. What happened next was a surprise as NPR’s Aowen Cao reports.
AOWEN CAO, BYLINE: TikTok refugees – that’s how American users are describing themselves as they connect with the Chinese community on RedNote. Until last week, the app was mainly used in China.