Red hot: key facts about Xiaohongshu, the Chinese app taking the US by storm


In the days leading up to a proposed United States government ban on the social media platform TikTok, US users have turned to another Chinese-owned app, Xiaohongshu. — AFP

BEIJING: In the days leading up to a proposed US government ban on the social media platform TikTok, American users have turned to another Chinese-owned app, Xiaohongshu.

The United States passed a law last year forcing the popular video platform's owner ByteDance to either sell it or shut it down by January 19.

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