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.

TikTok refugees flocked to Chinese platform Xiaohongshu on Monday, where users greeted them with offers of Mandarin lessons and jokes about spying.

Mostly Chinese -Xiaohongshu's main challenge to retaining these new US users is the language barrier, experts have told AFP. The app is mostly in Chinese and has no auto-translation tools. The platform also focuses overwhelmingly on content tailored to China, while most products appear to only ship within the country.