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Propaganda/ Agitprop on Xiaohongshu/ Rednote (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Jin008@lemmygrad.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

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As most of you know the US is probably gonna ban TikTok, and because of that many Americans are moving to China's homegrown equivalent of Instagram: Xiaohongshu (literally: little red book)/ Rednote.

I think this is a good opportunity for us as communists to seize, because unlike TikTok, Xiaohongshu is one app for both China and the rest of the world. Thus it's dominated by Mainland Chinese posters showing their lives, hobbies, etc, which are very similar (in terms of hobbies) or better (in terms of living conditions) than Americans, whereas that wouldn't have been the case on TikTok as China and the rest of the world have separate apps.

For many already disillusioned Americans who may have had a negative view towards China (which is most Americans), this would shatter the illusion for some and potentially open their eyes to the success of socialism, and an alternative to the current capitalist system; spurring them on to radicalization.

Therefore I think that we should seize on this moment to jump on the bandwagon in order to educate Americans or just to show what China is really like. Especially because after a while the US will probably want to ban this app too. So there may not be a lot of time. What do you guys think?

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[–] Munrock@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

By all means educate, but don't violate 小红书's apolitical community policy.

They want to do 'show' rather than 'tell'. We should let China cook. It's their kitchen.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The white man burden is too strong, its impossible to pass the urge to explain to Chinese people how China works.

[–] willxkuzunoha@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago

But I wanna make jokes about white people to black people in the dmv how can I do that to a white and Chinese audience?