Xiaohongshu, known as China’s answer to Instagram, has invested in a US-based start-up developing a Web3 internet platform built on blockchain, despite Beijing’s hostility towards cryptocurrencies and ...
Tourists walk past a mural featuring the Malaysian national flag in Kuala Lumpur. -Photo: EPA-EFE via SCMP BEIJING: As TikTok continues its meteoric rise towards global domination, another Chinese app ...
With the looming TikTok US Ban, a similar Chinese social media app called Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, has been making waves online, with memes about the app flooding the internet. Accordingly, netizens ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tucked away in a residential neighborhood in the west of Hong Kong, the Kennedy Town Playground’s basketball courts aren’t ...
Facing a looming TikTok ban in the U.S., American users, dubbed “TikTok refugees,” have already found an alternative platform — the Chinese social commerce platform Xiaohongshu. Ahead of a potential ...
This is a new series with a focus on explaining emerging platforms born in Asia Pacific to the rest of the world. The Drum will look at what are their differences and similarities with their ...
Looking back at the past six months, we can observe a shift towards more rational consumption on one side and a year-on-year growth of 8.2 percent in total social retail sales on the other. It’s clear ...
China’s internet regulator said on Thursday (September 11, 2025) it had ordered “warnings and strict punishment” to bosses at popular social media app Xiaohongshu over its online content, slamming ...
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 Chinese app is catching some attention. American ...
0:55 TikTok ban: U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in case As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top ...
Tucked away in a residential neighborhood in the west of Hong Kong, the Kennedy Town Playground’s basketball courts aren’t particularly noteworthy. Most locals walk past them on their way to somewhere ...