China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing.

As Xiaohongshu — known as RedNote or Red in English — surged to the top of the App Store downloads list this week, users in both China and the U.S. celebrated an unprecedented cross-cultural exchange: "Seeing people actually sharing their lives directly to each other is just beautiful.

As uncertainty hovers around the TikTok ban that could go into effect in the U.S. on Sunday, users are flocking to a Chinese app called RedNote.