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 ...

The clock is ticking for TikTok, as the app faces a shut down in the U.S. on ... RedNote (Xiaohongshu translates to “Little Red Book”) launched in 2013, and was first designed as a shopping ...