By MG Paul Vallely MG, US Army (Ret) and The China Team
On Jan. 19, 2025, although Tik Tok was only halted for a few hours, it gave the CCP a chance to launch an intense anti-America combat on social media and traditional media. The massive hostile propaganda ruptured almost like a mini-Cultural Revolution.
Hua Chunying, CCP’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke out to warmly welcome American “Tik Tok refugees” to REDnote, stressing that “young people should have the freedom of making choices”. A CCP Youtuber announced in an assertive tone that “for certain, China will not compromise on Tik Tok because China is no longer a little brother to America. Today’s China is not Japan or South Korea. In fact, Tik Tok has become a focal point of the rivalries between two superpowers at an equal level.”
REDnote, in Chinese is “Xiaohongshu”, meaning “the little red books”. These palm-sized red books originally came from the catastrophic Cultural Revolution. Back then, fanatic Red Guards carried these little red books with them to conveniently study a collection of Mao’s revolutionary quotes anytime, anywhere so that they could stay “spiritually weaponized”.
Within the last few days, Youtube was flooded with CCP’s fierce accusations on Tik Tok ban. Loaded with videos showing desperate American “Tik Tok refugees,” some screaming, some weeping, some cursing, CCP’s narratives frantically condemn American government for not embracing true freedom, and not caring for American people. To create a dramatic contrast, videos of happy Americans who newly joined REDnote were shown with narratives that jubilantly praise communist China.
In another CCP YouTube program, an American Youtuber speaking fluent Chinese “delivered warmth” (a CCP term describing party’s care for disadvantaged people) to “Tik Tok refugees” on the street of New York City. The young man found a desperate old American lady who was about to lose her income from Tik Tok and treated her a delicious Chinese meal. After the meal, he showed the old lady how to use REDnote, assuring her a new way to make a living. The story didn’t end here. Coming out of the restaurant, the Youtuber took the recharged old lady to a department store and gifted her a big digital TV made in China. Such acts of “delivering warmth” are commonly seen on state-controlled TV in China, but having an American Youtuber play out in NYC is indeed something new.
On Jan. 19, 2025, Minghui.org (a news website by Falun Gong practitioners) published an article titled “Lee Oswald, the American who ‘loved communism.’” “热爱共产主义”的美国人奥斯瓦尔德 【明慧网】 In the article, the author wrote:
One “Tik Tok refugee” fervently shouted that he loves communism, loves the Chinese Communist Party, and China under the Chinese Communist Party is “the most transparent country in the world.” In another online video, one female (Tik Tok refugee) bitterly stated that between the United States and the Communist China, she would choose the Communist China without hesitation, and she would want the CCP to destroy every ship of the United States.
Hatred is the poisonous gene of the communism. Such shocking hatred against America from American youth sadly reminded the author of Lee Oswald, a young American who loved communism, hated America, eventually assassinated President Kennedy. The author wrote:
Young Oswald’s passion for communism was clearly a result of the communist propaganda in American society. Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough time to fully awaken from that illusion. What about today’s American “Tik Tok refugees”?
Another article “From TikTok to Xiaohongshu (REDnote)” on minghui.org pointed out:
Tik Tok is highly effective at driving the youth toward content with agendas including woke culture, environmentalism, gender neutrality, and extreme speech. Its seemingly random content, served up by carefully designed algorithms, have poisoned a large number of unsuspecting young people in the U.S. and around the world over the past eight years. Meanwhile, any speech that goes against the CCP is censored.
Since its introduction to the international community in September 2017, Tik Tok has essentially played the role of a “spiritual fentanyl.” Through its content algorithms, it continually pushes communist ideology to international users, gradually developing in them a fondness for the CCP and its values.
At this moment, Tik Tok’s fate remains uncertain. All these phenomena surfaced raise an alarming question: When will American youth realize the harms from the evil Chinese Communist Party? When will American youth break free from the CCP’s intoxication on their social media platforms?
