It holds the top position among the most downloaded social networks in the Apple stores in the United States. Shuang is hooked on an app that many of its followers believe ironically adopted the name of a popular red-covered book full of doctrinal quotes from the founding father of communist China.

In the days leading up to a proposed US government ban on the social media platform TikTok, American users have turned to another Chinese-owned app, Xiaohongshu.

A commonly used app in China and Hong Kong, Xiaohonshu – which translates to “little red book” in English – welcomed troves of new American arrivals on Monday. TikTok users began to flee the ByteDance-owned social platform ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision on its future.