Koko News | Technology | 09 Mar 2025

RedNote: How a social media platform is helping promote cross-cultural understanding among Hong Kong students

Overthepastfewyears, AminaSeydhasstruggledtomakeconversationwithsomeofhermainlandChineseclassmatesatherHongKongschool.

在過去幾年裡，阿米娜·賽義德 (Amina Seyd) 一直很難與香港學校的一些中國大陸同學交談。

The16-year-oldsaidshehadbeeninthesameclassasthreemainlandstudentsfortwoyears, butshestillhada“prettytoughtimetalkingtothem”.

這名 16 歲的女孩說，她與三名大陸學生同班兩年，但「與他們交談仍然相當困難」。

Now, Aminachatswiththemaboutthelatestmainlandtrends. Thereasonforthisissimple:RedNote.

現在，阿米娜和他們聊聊內地的最新潮流。原因很簡單：RedNote。

Thesocialmediaapp, whichishighlypopularonthemainland, hasbeengainingglobalattention.

這款在內地非常受歡迎的社交媒體應用程式已經引起了全球的關注。

DeepSeek, amainlandstart-upthathascreatedapowerfulartificialintelligence (AI) tool, isalsocreatingheadlinesinAsiaandtheWest.

中國大陸新創公司DeepSeek開發了一款強大的人工智慧（AI）工具，也在亞洲和西方引起關注。

AminasaidherinterestinRedNote, anditsrisingpopularityoutsidethemainland, waslinkedtothebanonsocialmediaplatformTikTokintheUS.

阿米娜表示，她對 RedNote 的興趣以及它在大陸以外日益增長的人氣，與美國對社交媒體平台 TikTok 的禁令有關。

Theban, whichispausedtemporarily, sawmanyTikTokusersheadtoRedNote.

該禁令暫時暫停，許多 TikTok 用戶轉向了 RedNote。

SarinaWanTsz-ching, aFormFivestudent, isalsoafrequentuserofRedNote.

中五學生溫子晶亦是RedNote的常用使用者。

Shesaidmanyofherfriendswerealsofansoftheapp. BothstudentssaidtheyenjoyedRedNoteforitsvideos, someofwhichallowedthemtobetterconnectwithandunderstandtrendsonthemainland.

她說她的許多朋友也是該應用程式的粉絲。兩位學生都表示他們很喜歡RedNote的視頻，其中一些視頻讓他們更好地接觸和了解大陸的趨勢。

TommieLo, founderandCEOofHongKong-basededucationaltechnologycompanyPreface, saidRedNotecouldhelpwithgreater'culturalintegration'.

香港教育科技公司 Preface 的創辦人兼執行長 Tommie Lo 表示，RedNote 可以幫助實現更大程度的「文化融合」。

HesaidtheperformanceofDeepSeek’sAItoolwasalmostequaltothatof'thebest'onedevelopedbytheUnitedStates-basedOpenAI.

他表示，DeepSeek 的人工智慧工具的效能幾乎與美國 OpenAI 開發的「最佳」工具相當。

HenotedtheoperatingcostofDeepSeek’smodelwas'only5 per cent'ofthemarketleader, whichbuiltthewell-knownChatGPT.

他指出，DeepSeek 模型的營運成本僅為建造著名 ChatGPT 的市場領導者的 5%。

SarinasaidDeepSeekwasbetterthanotherAIchatbotsforChinese-languagetasks.

Sarina 表示，DeepSeek 在中文任務方面比其他 AI 聊天機器人表現更好。

Losaidhe'wouldn’tdoubt'thatthemainland-developedmodelwouldbe'moreChina-friendly', evenifthedifferentAIchatbotslargelymadesimilarcontent.

羅表示，儘管不同的人工智慧聊天機器人製作的內容大致相似，但他「毫不懷疑」大陸開發的模式將「更適合中國」。

Healsoexpectedmainland-builttechtogainmoreattentionglobally.

他也預計大陸製造的科技將在全球獲得更多關注。

Over the past few years, Amina Seyd has struggled to make conversation with some of her mainland Chinese classmates at her Hong Kong school.

The 16-year-old said she had been in the same class as three mainland students for two years, but she still had a “pretty tough time talking to them”.

Now, Amina chats with them about the latest mainland trends. The reason for this is simple: RedNote.

The social media app, which is highly popular on the mainland, has been gaining global attention.

DeepSeek, a mainland start-up that has created a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tool, is also creating headlines in Asia and the West.

Amina said her interest in RedNote, and its rising popularity outside the mainland, was linked to the ban on social media platform TikTok in the US.

The ban, which is paused temporarily, saw many TikTok users head to RedNote.

Sarina Wan Tsz-ching, a Form Five student, is also a frequent user of RedNote.

She said many of her friends were also fans of the app. Both students said they enjoyed RedNote for its videos, some of which allowed them to better connect with and understand trends on the mainland.

Tommie Lo, founder and CEO of Hong Kong-based educational technology company Preface, said RedNote could help with greater 'cultural integration'.

He said the performance of DeepSeek’s AI tool was almost equal to that of 'the best' one developed by the United States-based OpenAI.

He noted the operating cost of DeepSeek’s model was 'only 5 per cent' of the market leader, which built the well-known ChatGPT.

Sarina said DeepSeek was better than other AI chatbots for Chinese-language tasks.

Lo said he 'wouldn’t doubt' that the mainland-developed model would be 'more China-friendly', even if the different AI chatbots largely made similar content.

He also expected mainland-built tech to gain more attention globally.