Biden’s China message to Trump, RedNote tops Apple’s US app chart: SCMP daily highlights

From Biden urging trump to tackle China’s ‘overcapacity’ to Elon Musk’s influence, here’s a round-up from today’s China and economy coverage

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US President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at the State Department in Washington on Monday. Photo: AP

Published: 9:15pm, 14 Jan 2025Updated: 10:25am, 15 Jan 2025

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1. Self-styled TikTok refugees find new Chinese app, sending it to No 1 in US

American users of TikTok have been flocking to Xiaohongshu, a Shanghai-based social media platform that blends e-commerce and user-generated content. Illustration: Reuters

TikTok users fleeing the ByteDance-owned social platform ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision on its future sent a rival Chinese app to the top of Apple’s charts in the US on Monday.

2. Biden urges Trump to tackle China’s overcapacity, clean energy dominance

US President Joe Biden urged his successor Donald Trump to tackle China’s “overcapacity” and dominance in clean energy supply chain, calling it a competition the US “must win”.

3. Can China top the US economically by 2030? Economist reaffirms 1994 prediction

Economist Justin Lin Yifu, seen here at the Asian Financial Forum on Monday, contends that China’s economy should surpass that of the US in the next decade. Photo: Getty Images