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With TikTok's days in the U.S. likely numbered, many American users are moving to another Chinese social media app: RedNote, a heavily censored platform similar to Instagram. Here's what to know.

Shanghai-based Xiaohongshu, or RedNote as it is known in English, is a Chinese social media platform growing in popularity as an alternative to TikTok, but with the same security risks.

According to their website, Xiaohongshu is “a lifestyle platform for young people…With the mission of ‘Inspire Lives – Sharing and Discovering the Wonders of the World’”. It was founded in Shanghai, China, in 2013. The company claims that as of 2019, it had over 300 million users and 100 million monthly active users.

Duolingo says it's seen a massive spike in people learning Mandarin Chinese, possibly to better use the popular TikTok alternative, RedNote.

Can RedNote sustain its rapid rise to success with US users? Even with a TikTok ban and Duolingo boost, it faces plenty of headwinds.

All signs point to TikTok shutting down in the United States on Sunday due to the ban that's set to go into effect after the platform failed to find a new

RedNote is a foreign-owned app, and experts warn that it could be attacked by the same law that is now banning TikTok.

The language-learning app Duolingo has seen a surprising trend emerge, the closer we get to the TikTok ban -- there's been a 216% spike in US users learning Mandarin compared to this time last year.

Many Chinese Catholics celebrate the Lunar New Year by attending Mass to thank God for blessings received, and a parish in Michigan is preparing to do just that.