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TikTok Ban Fears Drive US Users to Other Chinese Apps

As TikTok faces an impending US ban, Chinese apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have surged to the top of the iPhone download charts, drawing a wave of new users searching for alternatives.
TikTok is facing new pressures.
Short of a policy reversal by President-elect Donald Trump or ByteDance selling its US service, TikTok will be in breach of the law within a week. (Shutterstock)

A pair of Chinese-made social apps, Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, have taken over the top two positions on Apple Inc.’s iPhone download charts in the US as users seek out alternatives to

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