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From the Washington Examiner: As TikTok’s ban in the United States looms, hundreds of thousands of young people are reportedly flocking to a Chinese social media platform that a Pentagon-designated “Chinese military company” owns a substantial stake in.
Xiaohongshu, known as “RedNote” or “RedBook” in English, is a Chinese-owned video-sharing and e-commerce platform that has been described as the Instagram of China. The app, which is seeing a surge of young so-called TikTok refugees, has received multiple large rounds of investment from the Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent. The U.S. Department of Defense designated Tencent on Jan. 7 as a “Chinese military company,” meaning it is “directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or beneficially owned by” the Chinese military or that it is a “military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defense industrial base.”
“If elected officials in Washington are concerned about ByteDance’s ownership of TikTok, they should also be concerned about Tencent’s stake in Xiaohongshu,” Michael Sobolik, American Foreign Policy Council senior fellow and author of Countering China’s Great Game, told the Washington Examiner. “Earlier this month, the Department of Defense added Tencent to its blacklist of PRC companies affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army. We cannot allow the Chinese Communist Party to effectively control the algorithms of America’s most popular social media apps.”
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Chilling videos are being re-posted on X, of TikTok “refugees” who are defecting to RedNote and touting how wonderful China is, while denouncing the United States.
In one video, a young woman who said her parents are MAGA and claimed now that she’s gotten onto RedNote, she has discovered that China is a much better country than the United States.
Maga tiktoker goes in Red Note and can’t believe how China has out achieved the United States. pic.twitter.com/0Krnuovjf6
— The No Labels Pod (@TheNoLabelsPod) January 15, 2025
In another video, a woman declares, “I downloaded an app literally called the Little Red Book because the U.S. government censored TikTok to ‘protect our data.’ But don’t worry, I’m not falling for Red Scare propaganda.”
She touts that “we have turned to… the Little Red Book for guidance and support and community going forward.”
Perhaps this is a moment of natural selection.
Imagine switching to RedNote and explaining it like this:
“I downloaded an app literally called the Little Red Book because the U.S. government censored TikTok to ‘protect our data.’ But don’t worry, I’m not falling for Red Scare… pic.twitter.com/JbLCzKqeek— Ariadna Jacob (@littlemissjacob) January 14, 2025
In the video below, one American man appears to be listening to a greeting in Chinese.
“Hi, I’m Ryan, a TikTok refugee. The US government is banning TikTok so we are looking for alternatives. Americans support China more than you think. We appreciate Chinese culture, such as the 3 Body Problem and the Blackmyth Wukong. We’re sorry to bother you and hope we don’t… pic.twitter.com/qzROOeFuJv
— Li Zexin (@XH_Lee23) January 14, 2025
Here’s another…. trying to learn how to speak Chinese.
6/ 🚨 ACTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION:
“Trying to learn Chinese to be more respectful”
TikTok influencers becoming RedNote ambassadors
Direct pipeline to PRC platform
Mass youth data harvesting HAPPENING NOW pic.twitter.com/XMwyHGr8j5— Mark Minevich (@MMinevich) January 15, 2025
X user Victor Bigham warned, “Did you know that Rednote is owned by China? They are worried TikTok is going to be banned so thousands of people are downloading Rednote (the version of tiktok that is actually owned by China) to spite the U.S. government, many children and teenagers don’t know any better and are letting their phones become the property of China. Hackers will know everything about your son’s and daughters by using this app.”
Did you know that Rednote is owned by China? They are worried TikTok is going to be banned so thousands of people are downloading Rednote (the version of tiktok that is actually owned by China) to spite the U.S. government, many children and teenagers don’t know any better and… pic.twitter.com/SQ2JXh4G9K
— Victor Bigham (@Ravious101) January 14, 2025
Free Beacon reporter Jessica Costescu also sounded the alarm, writing, “This is exactly what Orwell warned against. What a ghastly sight. These people have sold their souls to the CCP and their ignorance cannot be forgiven.”
“What’s even worse is that the new TikTok app, Rednote, that Americans are fleeing to, shows a user’s IP address, meaning the CCP will always know exactly how many Americans are using their site and exactly where they are located. National. Security. Threat,” added Costescu.
What’s even worse is that the new TikTok app, Rednote, that Americans are fleeing to, shows a user’s IP address, meaning the CCP will always know exactly how many Americans are using their site and exactly where they are located. National. Security. Threat. https://t.co/S0W1stEMoc pic.twitter.com/Or2jnNNsix
— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) January 14, 2025
🚨 EMERGENCY ALERT: CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) EXPLOITING TIKTOK’S FINAL DAYS TO FUNNEL MILLIONS OF AMERICAN TEENS TO NEW STATE-CONTROLLED APP [THREAD] pic.twitter.com/HzOnX9ruul
— Mark Minevich (@MMinevich) January 15, 2025
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