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.

Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, has picked up tens of thousands of TikTok users looking for an alternative

On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.

Users of the Chinese social media app RedNote welcomed "TikTok refugees" from the United States with selfies and messages on Wednesday, as Beijing said it encouraged stronger cultural ties with other countries in response to the sudden influx.

The French papers react to Prime Minister François Bayrou's first policy speech, as he tries to appease both the left and right. Meanwhile, a mass of TikTok users flock to a rival Chinese app, as TikTok faces a ban in the United States.

New users have piled in to Chinese social media app RedNote just days before a proposed U.S. ban on the popular social media app TikTok, as the lesser-known company rushes to capitalize on the sudden influx while walking a delicate line of moderating English-language content,

Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, has attracted a flurry of self-styled "TikTok refugees" who looking for an alternative but are refusing to join Meta. View on euronews

With TikTok facing an imminent shutdown in the United States, American content creators have taken flight — to another Chinese social media app. Xiaohongshu, known as Red Note in English, surged to the top of the Apple App Store downloads on Monday,