People are going to Xiaohongshu a.k.a. RedNote, a Chinese social app, in the midst of TikTok's impending ban. Here's what you should know about it.

On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.

Chinese social media app RedNote has been thrust into the limelight after more than half a million TikTok users recently joined the platform in protest