U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users.

Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

• American users have flocked to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu in defiance of security warnings.
• Chinese and American users have engaged in surprisingly friendly conversations about each other’s lives.
• The influx of American users could burden Xiaohongshu’s censorship mechanism, experts say.