A video of the flight attendant is going viral on Chinese social media, with many users comparing his looks to actor Song ...

WhatsApp, Instagram, and Amazon are powerful, but they're pigeon-holed compared to their Chinese equivalents, which drive ...

Small, fuzzy and baring sharp teeth, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have taken over the world, drawing ...

Since then, various legendary direct cams and memes have been generated in real time on social ... real-time search rankings on major Chinese social platforms such as Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and Bilibili.

Memes as soft power The concept of memes as a digital soft power tool is not a new one. Memes recontextualise global events and conflicts into lived experiences and humanise the people behind them.

China’s social-lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu, also known as Rednote, is staking its claim as a launchpad for the next wave of AI-native apps. The company this week announced the winners of its ...

In recent weeks, a looming ban on TikTok in the US also saw Americans flock in surprising numbers to another popular Chinese social media app called RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu – which ...

These self-proclaimed "TikTok refugees" joined around 300 million active users of Xiaohongshu, who are mainly in China, leading to a burgeoning relationship between Chinese and American citizens ...

Xiaohongshu’s Chinese users have embraced the newcomers. In the past week, “TikTok refugees” have swopped information about their lifestyles and culture, as well as memes, with Chinese users.

When Angelica Oung received the notification that her Xiaohongshu account had been blocked for violating the social media app’s code of conduct, her mind started racing. The only picture she had ...

For comparison, the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu/Rednote took off this month and is the #1 app on the App Store, but it only has 13 million US-based users. In other words, this survey claims ...

Even before the TikTok refugee influx, Xiaohongshu had attracted users from Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and other Sinophone communities. From memes to open dialog ...