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With the (maybe) imminent closure of China's hit App Tik Tok in the US, because of worries about Chinese influence, many young'uns have moved to a Chinese Instagram equivalent -- a copy, in fact -- called "Little Red Book" (小红书). Where they meet up with actual, real, Chinese people. Most as young, loutish, foolish and naive as they are.
Some folks, as in those in the vid above, see it as a good thing that Chinese youth and American yoot are having interactions. Me too.
Thing it, Chinese government doesn't in fact think so. And is in the process of shutting them out. Which means that if they Amerian yoot are bereft of Tik Tok and Little Red Book, they're going to have to find -- gasp! -- something else to do.
Meantime, young Americans are finding that they're censored for all sorts of things that are just fine in the US. Like saying they're lesbian, or non-binary or any one of the alphabet soup in LGBTW2Sp+ "community", not to mention anything that says anything nasty about the Great Leader.
There's a rather more tart take on the whole issue, by a guy that spent 14 years in China, married to a Chinese lady, travelled all over China, and often said very nice things about China -- as have I. But he's not naive, and speaks his mind about it all here.
