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U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users. (restofworld.org)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (7 children)

Hold up. You think the Chinese are the ones deciding to manufacture low quality products, and not the capitalists who are ordering them that way?

Chinese brands owned by Chinese capitalists operating with consent from the chinese state.

spreading their wealth to those in need

Using planned obsolescence and taking advantage of poor consumer and environmental protection laws to sell garbage to people trapped in a cycle of poverty isn't exploitation? Also China 'invested' billions here too and we didnt get any hospitals. We got china flooding our markets with its shitty goods and chinese 'businessmen' running scam centers.

They value mutually beneficial relationships

they do have a mutually beneficial relationship with our dictators.

[–] surph_ninja 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 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 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] captainlezbian 3 points 18 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 2 points 17 hours ago

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

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