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Xiaohongshu, China's answer to Instagram, hits no. 1 on the App Store as TikTok faces US shutdown (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

It's already been updated with more localisations to accommodate international users.

This is the country that mobilised to be able to build pop-up hospitals and quarantine facilities in 5 days. Now there's a huge amount of soft power settling on their doorstep and all they need to do to reel it in is update software.