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[@RitaChinese]

I had serious political depression over the past few years, as a Chinese woman living in the US. I finally feel hopeful about humans and the world lately when I see genuine and kind communication between ordinary Americans and Chinese on REDnote, as the world was supposed to be. I want a better world for my kid, and I want to help Mandarin learners learn the tonal language better, as always. Please be respectful and kind, or go somewhere else to BS. “Finding Your Mandarin Voice" Intonation Boot camp starts on Feb. 3 ritachinese.com/

[@richardramirez7]

I have loved Chinese people and their culture long before this issue with Tik Tok and Red Note, I have always been an embassador in my family and among my friends and students managing to change their perspective about China. Now, like Rita hope for the best to come.

[@RitaChinese]

@ what you’ve been doing is so meaningful❤️👏 谢谢你！

[@xuexizhongwen]

There has been "genuine and kind communication" between Chinese and Americans for decades. I know tons of Chinese people (my wife being one, as well), and have never once met one that said they felt Americans were unkind toward them. Nor have I heard any American say they were treated unkindly by a Chinese person. I'm sure it does happen sometimes, but iI don't think it's a widespread phenomenon. I don't know what "political depression" means, but it seems you're implying that your perceived dislike of Chinese by Americans has to do with politics. But that is simply untrue. The vast majority of Americans I have talked to are very clear that the CCP does not represent the Chinese people.

[@RitaChinese]

@ In-person talk is usually kind, and it’s also a privilege for people who get to travel across the world to have the conversation. I got some weird looks when I moved to the US at the beginning of 2020, and that doesn’t represent “Americans” since I’ve met, taught, and became friends with so many Americans. Political depression can be caused by both sides. A lot of misinformation in China, too. Non-government communications are even more important now than ever.

[@xuexizhongwen]

@@RitaChinese Well, people being mean online is not limited to any race or language. The few people doing that are not even worth paying attention to. The political situation is awful, not just in China or America, but in every country in the world. I can see how that would cause one to be depressed. I don't worry about too much, though, since there's not much we can do about it, anyway. Yes, it is difficult for some people inside mainland China to communicate with foreigners, that's true. Depending on where they live, they might rarely encounter one. They might not be able to afford a plane ticket, and might not speak the local language where they go, anyway. And it would be unlikely that they would happen to run across a foreigner who speaks Chinese well. Foreign social media sites are blocked, and some people might not know how to use a VPN. And non-Chinese people don't use Chinese apps much, until now. I agree that conversation between normal people is more important now than ever, but since the app is highly censored, it makes it impossible to talk about the things that could actually make a difference. In order for the political situation to change, people have to first realize how bad it already is.

[@willkembel]

I have also been so excited to see this! I am a Texan and my wife is from Hubei. We use Rednote all the time to brainstorm with local Chinese people about recipes, childcare, restaurants etc. Seeing the flood of Americans onto the platform for me feels like the first time our two worlds have collided in such a direct, personal way. Its been very entertaining to watch them interact! I'm afraid Rednote is likely to suffer the same fate as Tiktok eventually, but this is a good moment for the world.

[@RitaChinese]

@@willkembel thank you for sharing your family story with Xiaohongshu!! That’s so true about the two worlds colliding (finally)❤️

[@damianleguiza4751]

I'll never forget when I downloaded it a while ago and made the mistake of looking at a video of rocks for more than a minute. My whole feed was rocks for the following month 😂

[@RitaChinese]

@@damianleguiza4751 haha I can imagine😆😆

[@Uhusofree]

Another hack for 小红书 is searching up a particular region if you want understand accents that are not standard mandarin.

[@RitaChinese]

@@Uhusofree wow that’s a good catch!!

[@powerpuff4ever]

I love that the first thing I saw when I got an account was a fan account for one of my favorite tik tokers (Jordan Thee Stallion) but with Chinese subtitles 😂 I think this app will be a great time even away from study time because it feels just like Pinterest

[@kiwifruitkl]

A lot of Chinese websites and apps do require a Chinese phone number to register an account but apparently Xiaohongshu is the exception here. And since so many foreigners are using it, I get on the platform as well and use it to share my art like my Instagram account. I also really like the Q&A between Chinese people and American people. It’s interesting but I also think there is a lot of self-glorification and self-deprecation going on. I am Chinese American so I can definitely offer my own perspective as a Chinese American and what we do to survive in the USA. 😅

[@RitaChinese]

Yeah the app was for global users in the first place, so it doesn't require a Chinese phone number! Glad to know that you're using it to share your art and interact with Chinese people! Would love to hear your Chinese American perspective!!

[@iwannabeyourdog4195]

I guess americans are joining russians in efforts to learn chinese, I hope it will be fun for both of us

[@EnnameMori]

So useful for finding good food and cheap secondhand goods here in Melbourne. I've been using it for ages -

[@RitaChinese]

@@EnnameMori haha seems it’s very useful in Australia, too😄

[@EnnameMori]

@RitaChinese The Chinese community here has great taste 😁

[@datcatsavedme7071]

I’ve only been on rednote for a week and already have four boyfriends lol

[@relaxwhc]

This Chinese New Year is really 恭喜发财 for you, possibly you'll get tons of request for Chinese lessons 😆

[@RitaChinese]

@@relaxwhc 借您吉言吧😆😆

[@DanielleBaylor]

I was doing live classes on tiktok, but im hoping some of those teachers are doing classes on Xiao Hong Shu too 🥺

[@RitaChinese]

@@DanielleBaylor ah that’s awesome! Many English teachers are teaching Chinese on Xiaohongshu now😂

[@DanielleBaylor]

@RitaChinese I thought of doing that too! I'm tefl certified so I could technically hold English lessons. But I haven't been actively teaching in a few years 😅.

[@Ateshtesh]

Hi! Don't pay attention on haters and on those that pretend to be nice. The effort is always well paid back by the life, the people who appreciate what you do Is the one who matters. After all the reality will always impose over the "post-truth", the people who believes in lies just lost themselves on the way. Thank you for your channel, Keep like that! =D See you in 小紅書 (in case you are in there).

[@RitaChinese]

Thank you for your kind words! It means a lot❤ More KZbin videos are coming!! See you in 小红书😆

[@majegoru]

下午好，来自西班牙的丽塔，我已经使用它好几天了，这是一个非常有趣且令人上瘾的应用程序。我已经是你的关注者了，我希望你上传视频 ❤😅😂😅😅😅

[@RitaChinese]

@@majegoru 你好丽塔！很开心你在用小红书学习中文了🙌我现在就去关注你😄

[@fredsnyder3002]

Hi Rita. i have just started with 小红书。 How can I find your posts?

[@pickettfury]

Was loving xiaohongshu for Chinese content however its recently been overwhelmed with English content since the americans arrived. Tbh alot of this content has been low quality too. Hopefully this improves.

[@anyrei]

I was so eager to improve my chinese on xhs and post my c-drama fanart. 4 days later one of my art pieces was reported because of some stupid ship war on weibo. (it was nothing wild even, same level of what other artists post there... I was so careful T_T) Anyway, since i don't have a chinese phone number, I can't unfreeze my account and I saw on reddit that other people, especially artist, have the same problem. I hope they fix this technical issue soon. Cuz I really enjoyed the platfom so far. :/

[@sebastiaonunesdelimaachina1533]

this girls voice sounds like journalist Li Jing Jing.

[@ob9568]

Nice video, nice to see you doing well.

[@tracysmith8958]

Rita, do you have a profile? Also, can I find Mandarin livestream classes?? What do you recommend?

[@RitaChinese]

@@tracysmith8958 hey thanks for asking! You can check out my channel description for my profile, and find my online courses on RitaChinese.com What’s your learning goal? And what’s your current level?

[@tracysmith8958]

@ total newbie. I am an N4 Japanese learner, too.

[@kabandaayubmuhsin]

Joined already it's very premium.....

[@kingjojojo1]

you mean West-Taiwanese?

[@relaxwhc]

I'm now active on Xiaohongshu 😆

[@RitaChinese]

@@relaxwhc haha great! How are you liking it?

[@relaxwhc]

@RitaChinese The features are smooth and similar to TikTok, although the algorithm is different. It's very usable and I like the "nearby" feature to find friends and food in local areas.

[@relaxwhc]

​@@RitaChineseVery usable and smooth although the algorithm is different from TikTok. I like the Nearby feature, where I can find users and food near my area.

[@69jeroni]

I’ve seen some very racist comments about black people on there 6:58 but other then them I imagine they’re nice

[@ollieanntan4478]

Yes, that made me super sad to see. I made the mistake of searching the term 黑人 in hopes that it would be as wholesome as a lot of the other interactions I was seeing. My husband is Black and when I see the things some people say, it makes me feel he/we probably shouldn't travel to China. I would hate for him to run into that way of thinking on a trip. He doesn't speak Chinese so he might not realize, but if I heard people saying something about him I know it would really affect me.

[@honesty_-no9he]

@@ollieanntan4478 Please do not give up. This is a chance to break their stereotypes and remember the stereotypes comes from Hollywood movies and TV and American rap. PS Making Black-Americans look bad is one of the USA's most successful exports.

[@RitaChinese]

I'm so sorry to hear that! I can imagine there are racist people there, especially when it's online! And I believe quite a lot of Chinese people are more ignorant or tone-deaf on racism as there isn't enough public discussion and, therefore, education. It is sad, but I believe it'll improve with more representation and communication! Let's be hopeful🙏

[@TalaySeedam]

@@ollieanntan4478 In China Black people are treated more less like monkeys in the zoo, so better get prepared for serving your new Chinese masters.

[@sfuchs]

At 6:58 only Rita is talking about receiving feedback. Here it comes again: racism hidden under every rock, wherever you look....

[@professorprofessorson8795]

love the app

[@SlavaKladoff]

已经下载了！很好玩！！！

[@RitaChinese]

你觉得好玩就太好啦👏

[@SlavaKladoff]

@RitaChinese 当然哈哈，有很多机会和中国朋友聊） 已经得到七百多粉丝，笑死了😆😂

[@Rachel_Humphrey]

I feel so dumb. I thought the "hao" was just a really weird horseshoe haha

[@eliascampos6721]

NI LAOSHI SALUDOS DESDE LIMA PERU

[@sargentopimienta5190]

我一看老师的账号就去关注她 😂😂

[@RitaChinese]

@@sargentopimienta5190 欢迎欢迎👏🎉

[@jiffonbuffo]

The devs added a Translate option on Chinese posts. 😎 edit: I mean on the reply section.

[@nasiimopodcast2808]

Help me rita I wanna learn mandarin

[@RitaChinese]

@@nasiimopodcast2808 great! I’m here to help! You can also check out RitaChinese.com and see if there’s anything that you need!

[@scotth5988]

Why did they call it 小红书 ？little red book?

[@Bruh-cg2fk]

我喜欢小红书

[@brentccochran123]

You’re the BEST Rita!!! Thank you for sharing! I was aware of it but not in this detail and didn’t consider it for language learning but you’re absolutely right, this looks awesome!!! 😊

[@RitaChinese]

@@brentccochran123 Yayy glad you find the video helpful, Brent!! Have more fun with it😁

[@eliascampos6721]

NI ZAI NALI ,

[@Bruh-cg2fk]

if you knew why didn't you tell me, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL MEEEEEEEE???

[@avalotikeshwara6136]

I think I am too old for this. My first thought was: What? Mao's little red book?

[@RitaChinese]

1. The Chinese name of Mao's little red book (weird translation anyway) is 红宝书, so no one would think about Mao when we see a modern app called 小红书 2. Young Chinese don't know much about or even care about any of those, so yeah, they won't overreact to an unofficial English translation

[@avalotikeshwara6136]

@@RitaChinese In western languages, like turkish (küçük kırmızı kitap), german (Das kleine rote Buch), english (LRB), 红宝书 is known as "little red book". So, me as an old western person, reading "little red book" in chinese immediately reminds me of my chinese teacher in 1991 telling me about that book. Sorry for the confusion, I did not mean to upset anyone, sorry.

[@RitaChinese]

@@avalotikeshwara6136 thank you for sharing! Would love to know how you learned Chinese from a teacher back in the 90s🤔

[@avalotikeshwara6136]

@@RitaChinese 1990. In order to read chinese books on TCM I started learning chinese by myself. Struggling with no system, I started studying Sinology at university. In germany there are no fees, you study whatever you want. In third semester we were able to say "Merry Christmas", "This is not the car of my mother", "Let's go fishing!". Those sentences would be useless for me in China. Back in that time in germany, chinese were known as "Working ants wearing grey uniform clothes". No one knew green tea or fresh ginger. Thats when I quit university and went on for myself, getting all kinds of "teach yourself chinese" books and travelling to china several times. The best thing that happened to me was a six cassette tape course "chinese pronunciation", which taught me "news announcer pronunciation", so people in China would communicate with my like they would to a chinese, which sped up my learning. As a turk, in China I switched to traditional turkish behaviour mode, which made me lots of "Oh, you will be my brother!" "Oh, let me be your sister, you are family!" "You are one of us!" reactions.

[@RitaChinese]

@ wow that’s fascinating experience and stories! So did you get a news announcer pronunciation? Would you like to tell me more via a Zoom meeting? Feel free to send me an email at [e-mail] if you’re interested!

[@Xahbarproof]

哈哈哈 Baidu really sucks💩

[@RitaChinese]

@@Xahbarproof 你懂的

[@MobaileSeven]

我爱你美女

[@steve75889]

Is it owned and controlled by the CCP?

[@RitaChinese]

I'm here only to help Mandarin learners to learn Chinese more effectively and fun. Many questions should be answered by others.

[@At12812]

💀

[@toxtethogrady4610]

Your device components largely came from China... & the switches and routers you send all your data through. Xiao has moderation, reporting and supervision requirements - just as do the X, FB, and Google trifecta. All of them have responsibilities to the platform (Apple) and ultimately governing bodies where they operate - US, EU, UK, China, etc. Way back in 1999 , Scott McNealy ( CEO of Sun Microsystems) remarked on consumer privacy issues:: "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it." It's very good basis to operate on, whether it's true or not. 'People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.' Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)

[@amunra5330]

What is the CCP???? I know about the CPC.....

[@yeroca]

@@amunra5330 CCP is the common name used in the U.S. (at least) for the official name CPC.