An American woman has reconnected with a lost friend in China after seven years, all thanks to social networks. Celia, a 21 -year -old woman from the United States, turned to Rednote, an application of Chinese social networks similar to Tiktok, who seeks the help of the Chinese community to find her former classmate, Simon.
In his emotional video, he explained that he attended a private Catholic school in Iowa in 2017-2018, where she became a best friend of Simon, a Chinese exchange student. However, they lost contact after he returned home.
I need all Internet users in this application to help me find it, he said, and added, Simon, I miss you, I miss our friendship.
The Chinese community joined to help her. Celia shared an old photo of Simon, which was finally noticed by someone who recognized him. They alerted him, and in a few hours, an online user commented under the video of Celia, saying that it was Simon.
“Hello everyone, I’m Simon. I never imagined that I would connect with my good friend for years like this. Thank you all in Rednote that they helped, ”he said.
Later, Simon published a video, expressing gratitude. He said that the two friends were deeply grateful for all the help and attention that everyone gave them. “We never imagined that we would connect through Rednote. I am really grateful,” he said.
Rednote, also known as Xiaohongshu in China, became the most unloaded free application in the US Apple application store. Just before the Tiktok prohibition, since users changed to alternative platforms.
While users came in mass for Rednote, the platform became a bridge for people on both sides of a long -standing geopolitical division. For the first time, they interacted with each other through the power of social networks.
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