Xiaohongshu
A Chinese social app, also called Red Note, often compared to Instagram.
Where Xiaohongshu comes up1 episode or test
What was said about Xiaohongshu
Xiaohongshu fuels a photo-first culture in Shanghai cafes. Dan Wang describes Xiaohongshu as the local Instagram. In Shanghai cafes, he says, people barely drink coffee or talk and mostly photograph each other.
This comes from a passing mention in an interview about his book Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, not from a study of the app. It gives no usage numbers.
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Wang describes it as the local Instagram, fueling a photo culture in Shanghai cafes where people barely drink coffee or talk and mostly photograph each other.
Xiaohongshu fuels a photo-first culture in Shanghai cafes. Dan Wang describes Xiaohongshu as the local Instagram. In Shanghai cafes, he says, people barely drink coffee or talk and mostly photograph each other.
This comes from a passing mention in an interview about his book Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, not from a study of the app. It gives no usage numbers.
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