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U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users. (restofworld.org)
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Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

  • American users have flocked to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu in defiance of security warnings.
  • Chinese and American users have engaged in surprisingly friendly conversations about each other’s lives.
  • The influx of American users could burden Xiaohongshu’s censorship mechanism, experts say.
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[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

I love that capitalists attacking communists always end up accidentally attacking capitalism. Classic.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 hours ago

China is a capitalist country with aspects of socialism. it's not really communist anymore.

No one here is shitting on communists, were shitting on you for a thinking the Chinese are any different than us.

[–] gubblebumbum@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

China is a capitalist shithole but for some reason its biggest defenders are always self proclaimed western communists.

edit: we also have a few militant communists groups that like to blow up chinese nationals working for their govt every now and then.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What exactly do you think “capitalist” means? Because it sounds like you think any participation in markets is capitalism.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I think dengist policy introduced a capital holding class to China and that the workers don't have democratic control of the workplace.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Fair nuance there, but they seem to be taking reform seriously. But we’ll see if that keeps up.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago

What do you think “capitalist” means? It sounds like you think it’s just market participation.