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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by nneonneo on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:35PM (#42740911)
The most literal translation of 小红书 is “Little Red Book”, which recalls the famous book of quotes from Mao Zedong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotations_from_Chairman_Mao_T...
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by mullingitover on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:53PM (#42741150)
Except that’s not what Mao’s book was/is called in China, it’s a label the US applied to it. In China it’s better known as 红宝书 (Hóng Bǎo Shū) “The Red Treasure Book” or simply “The Red Book”.
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