China tensions have precipitated a decade-long decline in bilateral people-to-people exchanges. Read more at straitstimes.com.

That means Americans who don't speak Mandarin have to use translating apps to figure out what's going on. But they're doing it. As of Monday morning, RedNote was the most downloaded free app in the Apple app store.

As self-described " TikTok refugees" pour onto the Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, some foreign netizens are already running up against the country's extensive censorship apparatus.