As the United States has placed a ban on Tik Tok on Jan. 19, 2025, the CCP has been widely spreading the news that a large number of “Tik Tok refugees” are flooding into Rednote (a CCP’s app similar to Instagram), boasting that 2025 will be a year that everyone studies Chinese. Some YouTube programs promoted by the CCP show young American “Tik Tok refugees” furiously, some even in tears, condemning the high living cost and education cost in America when comparing with China, such as a good breakfast in China costs only $1.5.

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