The bizarre surge in popularity for Chinese social media app RedNote has sparked alarm among policy experts who warned it carries even greater security risks than TikTok.

TikTok users fleeing the ByteDance-owned social platform ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision on its future sent a rival Chinese app to the top of Apple's charts in the US on Monday. While the exact number of downloads is unknown,

The Chinese social media app RedNote has surged in popularity, with over half a million TikTok users joining the platform following speculation about a potential ban on TikTok in the United States.Known as "Xiaohongshu" in China,

Chinese and American netizens are drawing closer despite the US bid to shield Americans from Chinese influence. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese social media app RedNote has been thrust into the limelight after more than half a million TikTok users recently joined the platform in protest against a likely imminent ban on the short video app in the United States.

A RedNote rises…clout has been spilled this night.

RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, became the most downloaded iPhone app in the US on Monday.

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State media hailed RedNote's success among American "TikTok refugees" as a repudiation of U.S. government "demonizing" of China's development.

Backers of China's Xiaohongshu are looking to sell a part of their stake to the likes of Tencent , among others, in a deal that could value the TikTok-rival at at least $20 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Analysts are predicting that a recent surge of Americans flocking to the Chinese social media platform RedNote - also known as Xiaohongshu - could be short-lived, as users soon find its content regulations differ sharply from those on TikTok US.