Chinese state media says US is "overreacting" by targeting RedNote

[Jill 31,812]

Chinese state media says "some US politicians overreact by taking target at RedNote; move exposes their anxiety of presenting a real China to US netizens"

"US rumor-mongers" should try out the popular Chinese social app "RedNote," or "Xiaohongshu" to "understand the trend of times" and the desire for Chinese and the US people for deeper mutual engagement, Chinese analysts reached by the Global Times said on Friday, commenting on the anxiety displayed by certain US extreme politicians and so-called cyberspace experts who recently overreacted by taking their aims at the popular app after it tops Apple App Store's free downloads.

Chinese analysts stressed that those malicious hypes won't deter the momentum of positive engagement between Chinese and the US netizens, under which mutual understandings are growing day by day and each side has been impressed by the kindness and friendliness from the other. It, on the contrary, laid bare the US politicians' fear for exposing their malicious anti-China agenda and hiding a genuine China reality from US citizens, analysts pointed out.

According to a CBS News report on Thursday, commenting on the surge in popularity of RedNote in the US market ahead of a potential TikTok ban, US cybersecurity expert Adrianus Warmenhoven said that RedNote may actually "represent an even greater threat," as "all of the data sharing and all the servers to which the data is being shared is in China."

John Moolenaar, chairman of House Select Committee on China - which played a key role in the potential TikTok ban, said that RedNote could face a similar crackdown in the US under the divestment law, like TikTok, according to another report by the New York Post.

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Those friendly people-to-people exchanges between China and the US reflect the desire from each side to learn more about the other, analysts said, while urging US politicians to register for the app and see it themselves. 

But some US politicians just cannot tolerate the growing warmth in people-to-people exchanges, nor do they want citizens from both sides to understand each other's realities. They're afraid that if such interactions cannot be suppressed, and US netizens discover that China's actual situation differs from the narrative these politicians promote, which coupled with the friendliness of Chinese netizens, could make it harder for these politicians to continue smearing China, Li Yong, a senior research fellow at the China Association of International Trade, told the Global Times on Friday.

"Some radical US politicians feel both anxious and frustrated. More interactions on platforms like Xiaohongshu will make those US politicians lose the space to smear China. US netizens have come to see China's reality and the friendly attitude of Chinese netizens, further weakening these politicians' attempts to spread negative narratives," Li said. 

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[Ayesha Erotica 1,924]

RedNote might face the same fate as TikTok in the near future. It started like this, too

It has a parallel to the Japanese trade war in the 80s. All serious competitors are eliminated. Only weak competition is tolerated.

India, watch out!

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-07-11/Lessons-from-U-S-Japan-trade-war-of-1980s-IcWJh9RjAQ/index.html

[Jill 31,812]

43 minutes ago, AyeshaErotica said:

RedNote might face the same fate as TikTok in the near future. It started like this, too

It has a parallel to the Japanese trade war in the 80s. All serious competitors are eliminated. Only weak competition is tolerated.

India, watch out!

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-07-11/Lessons-from-U-S-Japan-trade-war-of-1980s-IcWJh9RjAQ/index.html

So much for the benefits of competition, free market, and liberty. Nowadays if you really want to defend the good side of the free market, you should defend China.

[Lucas 31,122]

Obviously yes. It was never solely about TikTok, the US government wants americans to access only apps where they can control what americans see

[GagaTheExplorer 3,053]

4 hours ago, Lucas said:

Obviously yes. It was never solely about TikTok, the US government wants americans to access only apps where they can control what americans see

Unlike C H I N A 

[Jill 31,812]

2 minutes ago, GagaTheExplorer said:

Unlike C H I N A 

You're literally reading a post in which the Chinese state itself claims that it welcomes US users to its social media platform with open arms lol

[4th Time Around 5,059]

even a stopped clock can tell the right time twice a day

[GagaTheExplorer 3,053]

31 minutes ago, Jill said:

You're literally reading a post in which the Chinese state itself claims that it welcomes US users to its social media platform with open arms lol

Sure they haven't banned american apps 

The real land of the free

[Karl 3,575]

10 hours ago, Jill said:

You're literally reading a post in which the Chinese state itself claims that it welcomes US users to its social media platform with open arms lol

Yeah but china limits most outside internet sources like Google etc so China are kind of being hypocritical here 

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,965]

1 hour ago, Karl said:

Yeah but china limits most outside internet sources like Google etc so China are kind of being hypocritical here 

Atp we're limiting what people in school can read, how app algorithms are derived, what teachers can and can't talk about, our history, and even how **** is consumed. The US is not as far behind China as it would like to believe. 

[Economy 52,845]

On 1/17/2025 at 2:14 PM, Lucas said:

Obviously yes. It was never solely about TikTok, the US government wants americans to access only apps where they can control what americans see

This. The amount of hypocracy from some Western Nations

 

"China spies"

"China wants dominance"

"China wants to control"

"China has data on people"

 

Ok and what does the US do and want exactly? And other Western Nations and Nato support that rehtoric too

 

Also China criticized for putting pressure for wanting Taiwan. The USA now: Greenland, Panama and Canada! (but at least Canada only economic force )

 

Such obvious bullsh*t

[Jill 31,812]

8 hours ago, Karl said:

Yeah but china limits most outside internet sources like Google etc so China are kind of being hypocritical here 

Everyone in China is free to download a VPN and use it legally if they wanted to access Western websites. It's not their fault Twitter, Google at al refused to comply with local regulations and/or couldn't confront the internal competition.

[Horny Chicken 10,932]

The replies in this thread are disturbing. 

[Karl 3,575]

4 hours ago, Economy said:

This. The amount of hypocracy from some Western Nations

 

"China spies"

"China wants dominance"

"China wants to control"

"China has data on people"

 

Ok and what does the US do and want exactly? And other Western Nations and Nato support that rehtoric too

 

Also China criticized for putting pressure for wanting Taiwan. The USA now: Greenland, Panama and Canada! (but at least Canada only economic force )

 

Such obvious bullsh*t

 

3 hours ago, Jill said:

Everyone in China is free to download a VPN and use it legally if they wanted to access Western websites. It's not their fault Twitter, Google at al refused to comply with local regulations and/or couldn't confront the internal competition.

If you think the US is anything like china in terms of the free press (china has the largest amount of imprisoned journalists), freedom of expression or information you are crazy.

"websites centered on the following political topics are often censored: Falun Gong,[100] police brutality, the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, freedom of speech, democracy,[101] the Tibetan independence movement,[100] and the Tuidang movement.[102] According to a 2023 report by Human Rights Watch, content that criticizes racism in China will often be censored" (wiki)

I'm also not from the US, I think the US is a damn mess tbh, but it's not a borderline dictatorship (yet) like China is. It's literally one app. 

[Economy 52,845]

16 hours ago, Karl said:

 

If you think the US is anything like china in terms of the free press (china has the largest amount of imprisoned journalists), freedom of expression or information you are crazy.

"websites centered on the following political topics are often censored: Falun Gong,[100] police brutality, the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, freedom of speech, democracy,[101] the Tibetan independence movement,[100] and the Tuidang movement.[102] According to a 2023 report by Human Rights Watch, content that criticizes racism in China will often be censored" (wiki)

I'm also not from the US, I think the US is a damn mess tbh, but it's not a borderline dictatorship (yet) like China is. It's literally one app. 

I literally dont think that and Im nor crazy. Im not sure what free speech has to do with this.

 

The main argument ive heard against tik tok (which would be a simmilar parallel to new apps like this) being used owned by the Chineese is spying, data collection and overall dominance or subtle influence on ppl thru algorithms and messaging

 

Chinesse not having as much free speech in their soiety and Government doesnt seem very relevant of a factor to this. At the very most its somewhat related but not really the main issue at hand 

 

Today seems to be the day everyone puts words in my mouth. In another thread someone got pissed at me for blaming all the worlds evils on Trudeau and that I was ignorant for thinking thay when literally all I said was that Canada has deteriorated relative to its peers and i f*cking want him out. I wasnt blaming him for stuff out of his control