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taxiya

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The migration to Xiaohongshu is hilarious, but it makes me think that the whole idea of operating an app for international users exclusively is a little short sighted. Having Chinese apps run on Chinese servers, subject to Chinese content moderation, and open to international users might just be the way to go.
That is a natural way of thinking from American perspective. From Chinese perspective (not only the government but the acceptable social norm) think about this. American users love TikTok or Rednote but many of them if not majority also love and actively advocate "woke", "thousands genders", "same sex marriage", "consparicy theories", "drug is good", "open border", "being racist to fight racism", you name it. They certainly dislike the Chinese norm and will distant themselves from any such Chinese apps. Having a separated "world" for different cultures sphere is actually respectful to everyone and also good for Chinese business. This is not only about internet app, but also why China is so successful in making friends and parterners than US does in other areas. The bottom line is that not only the US government is a problem, so are many Americans, it is the whole society being a problem.
 

coolgod

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That is a natural way of thinking from American perspective. From Chinese perspective (not only the government but the acceptable social norm) think about this. American users love TikTok or Rednote but many of them if not majority also love and actively advocate "woke", "thousands genders", "same sex marriage", "consparicy theories", "drug is good", "open border", "being racist to fight racism", you name it. They certainly dislike the Chinese norm and will distant themselves from any such Chinese apps. Having a separated "world" for different cultures sphere is actually respectful to everyone and also good for Chinese business. This is not only about internet app, but also why China is so successful in making friends and parterners than US does in other areas. The bottom line is that not only the US government is a problem, so are many Americans, it is the whole society being a problem.
Chinese netizens would use that meme line from Biden. You can't only love your country when you win. Likewise you can't only love free trade when you win, you can't only love free speech when you win.

President Xi often said China would continue opening up to the world, this isn't just rhetoric, it is also good for China. Who gains more from promoting free trade, who gains more from IP protection, who gains more from free access to information. If we know the answer to those questions, we know who's really the top country in the world right now.

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