A few days before the expected ban on TikTok in the United States, the social application Xiaohongshu, a phenomenon in China but little known in the West, is propelled to number one in downloads in the country.
“Wah, it’s like looking over the Great Wall”. Since last weekend, Chinese Internet users have been witnessing an unusual phenomenon: the very popular social application Xiaohongshu is gradually filling up with videos and comments published by young Americans. Or a part of the world with which they are not used to communicating.
“Hello everyone, my name is Ryan and I'm a TikTok refugee. The US government is going to ban TikTok so we are looking for an alternative… We are sorry to bother you here”says one of them in a video translated by artificial intelligence. “No problem, you publish when we sleep”replies a Chinese user, in an exchange spotted by the media Wired. Many people offer their help to these English speakers so that they understand how the application works, which is not translated. Some alert them: “friendly reminder: please do not speak…
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