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.
  • gubblebumbum@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    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.

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      1 day ago

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

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        22 hours ago

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

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          21 hours ago

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