Spend a few minutes on TikTok right now and you'll see that it's filled with goodbyes, heartfelt thank-yous, considerable anger at US politicians, and a lot of chatter about something called Red Note.

Many call the app “Red Note.” “I don’t really care if I’m using a Chinese app at all,” Lee said. “It’s like a place for me to escape reality. And if it’s making me feel good ...

But another unlikely challenger has emerged: the Chinese-owned Xiaohongshu, a social media app often referred to as Red Note in English. While Red Note had previously catered almost exclusively to ...

TikTok has said they will not do that, thus the app could shut down on January 19th. Many TikTok users have migrated to Xiaohongshu (Red Note), another Chinese social media app, unrelated to TikTok.