Never discount the resolve of the American spirit in the face of adversity — in this case, the determination to learn a little bit of Mandarin Chinese to make navigating the popular TikTok ...

Duolingo shares have jumped this week, as the number of Americans learning Mandarin on the app has soared 216%. That's as ...

TikTok could be banned in the US, rendering the app unusable and removing it from app stores. Instead of making do with Instagram Reels, people looked for a closer alternative and found Chinese social ...

With TikTok's potential shutdowns still looming, many users flocked to a new short-form video platform called Red Note. It ...

Language learning app Duolingo has seen an over 200% spike in U.S. users learning Mandarin "out of spite" as many flee to Chinese app RedNote amid the uncertainty surrounding TikTok's future.

Searches online around "learn Mandarin" have surged in the United States over the past week, as the Chinese app RedNote enjoys a spike in interest ahead of a looming U.S. ban on TikTok on January 19.

As many Americans flock to RedNote ahead of a possible TikTok ban, Duolingo and Drops have seen an increase in US users ...

Who knew your favorite content creators were fluent in Mandarin Chinese? If you’ve been wondering why your TikTok For You feed is flooded with Chinese-language videos, it’s because many users ...

“Ban TikTok if you must, America. You’re just going to force a bunch of us to learn Mandarin.” It is too early to tell if the enthusiasm for the Chinese language is sustainable or could ...

Americans who love TikTok have decided that moving to an actual Chinese-owned app is better than going back to Meta. The irony of it is delicious.

When refugees from the app showed up on an alternative called RedNote, understanding was fostered.

As Xiaohongshu — known as RedNote or Red in English — surged to the top of the App Store downloads list this week, users in ...