Xiaohongshu is fast becoming the site of a US-China cultural exchange ahead of a possible ban of TikTok in the US.Cheng Xin/Getty Images The threat of TikTok going dark in the US appears to have ...

Americans are learning Mandarin Chinese at high levels on Duolingo, the company reported. Millions social media users have been downloading Chinese app RedNote as a possible TikTok ban looms. TikTok ...

Never discount the resolve of the American spirit in the face of adversity — in this case, the determination to learn a little bit of Mandarin Chinese to make navigating the popular TikTok alternative ...

Duolingo reportedly saw a 216% increase in U.S. users learning Mandarin since the announcement of TikTok’s potential ban. Many TikTok users are migrating to RedNote, a Chinese social app, to maintain ...

In a few days, TikTok could be banned in the US, which will make the app unusable and unavailable from app stores. Instead of making do with Instagram Reels, people looked for a closer alternative and ...

The timing couldn’t be clearer, as a wave of so-called TikTok refugees scrambled to join the Chinese social app RedNote ahead of TikTok’s looming U.S. ban. The ban, set to take effect on January 19 ...

Who knew your favorite content creators were fluent in Mandarin Chinese? If you’ve been wondering why your TikTok For You feed is flooded with Chinese-language videos, it’s because many users are ...

A TikTok ban could very well happen this weekend. As such, people are flocking to a similar Chinese app — RedNote — to fill that TikTok void. And there’s an interesting trend one company has noted ...

Searches online around "learn Mandarin" have surged in the United States over the past week, as the Chinese app RedNote enjoys a spike in interest ahead of a looming U.S. ban on TikTok on January 19.

Chinamaxxing is adding more gloss to the recent flourish of Chinese soft power.

Americans are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, as a potential US TikTok ban looms. Some of them are learning Mandarin in an attempt to bridge the language divide on the app.