TikTok's Chinese version, Douyin, is now raking in international users as the registration is open to all. All one needs to do is to switch their App Store region to Hong Kong, Mainland China, or Macau,
The Chinese app’s new American users are connecting directly with their Chinese counterparts at a time when the two countries are interacting less overall.
US president delays TikTok ban by 75 days and threatens China with tariffs if Beijing does not approve a deal regarding the short-video app.
Beijing was steeling itself for a first-week assault from Donald Trump. That hasn’t happened — yet — so Chinese leaders are making nice and hoping to cut a deal.
As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S. Some of the “TikTok
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.
The TikTok ban is just days away unless the Supreme Court or new legislation stops it. Here's where users are going.
Chinese chip, electronics and electric-vehicle stocks rallied Tuesday, after President Trump didn't impose fresh tariffs on China in his first hours in office. He h
TikTok will become impossible to access via an American internet connection. It probably will remain possible to access from an American location, though. The rub is a virtual private network, which sets up an encrypted tunnel for internet browsing and can run it through practically any country.
On Monday, Hong Kong-listed growth stocks had a strong day, as the Hang Seng Index gained +1.75% and the Hang Seng Tech Index gained +2.59% following U.S. President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping’s Friday phone call that took place after Asia markets closed and before the U.S. markets opened.
TikTok users are looking for a new platform before the upcoming January 19 deadline Does anybody remember the period of chaos after Elon Musk bought Twitter, rebranded it to X, and ‘bird app refugees’ flooded to other text-based platforms like Bluesky,
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