Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.
    • Pacattack57@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 hours ago

      Insane to me that people can be this xenophobic. Wholesome Chinese people? No internet troll farm.

      • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        China paying entire offices of people to be friendly, entertaining, and educational to foreigners online would be cool actually.

    • irreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      12 hours ago

      For those unfamiliar:

      The 50 Cent Party, also known as the 50 Cent Army or wumao, are Internet commentators who are paid by the authorities of the People’s Republic of China to spread the propaganda of the governing Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The program was created during the early phases of the Internet’s rollout to the wider public in China.