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Anywhere we can get the emigration data? After covid lockdowns, many have left the country, is there a comprehensive estimation on the figure?

Mine is a separate phone for Chinese apps. So Chinese content only. On weibo many said about one third of the posts became tt refugees at its peak… but they adjusted the ai later (last night much less refugee content)

7. Most tters want to tell express anger towards us gov, zuck & musk. But influencers highlighted their reaction on healthcare & living cost diff to present the superiority of socialism without mentioning 600 million cn monthly income under 1000 rmb (2020). Xhs is for urban middle class.

6. For the first 2-3 days, the number of contents tagged TikTok refugee was about 60,000 in the search. But yesterday it jumped to more than half a millions as Chinese xhs users picked up the tag to invite conversation from tters.

5. Language barriers is difficult to overcome. Most posts didn’t have meaningful exchanges because cn readers don’t understand English. In one video, the TTer criticised western propaganda with a headline on the video. But attracted some rude comments as cn readers thought she criticised China.