Recently, a post about "American netizens searching for old friends" has attracted attention. On January 15th, American girl Katarina registered an account on the Chinese social platform Xiaohongshu and posted a video seeking help, hoping to find a Chinese exchange student named Simon whom she made friends with in high school. 22 hours after posting, Simon was found and had a video call with her. This is a new footnote that has become "red" on Xiaohongshu. Since January 13th, Xiaohongshu, which mainly focuses on soft themes such as tourism, beauty, and fashion, has suddenly received a wave of "sky high traffic". Before the Biden administration's ban on TikTok, a short video social platform, came into effect on January 19th, a large number of American netizens sought a "place to settle down" and flooded into Xiaohongshu, directly pushing Xiaohongshu to the top of the free software download rankings on the North American Apple App Store. When "English speakers" and "Chinese speakers" gather on Xiaohongshu, people witness the spectacle of communication: on one hand, American netizens say "Excuse me", use translation software to output broken Chinese for self introduction, and express friendliness through paying "cat tax", "dog tax" and other ways; On the other hand, there are phrases like 'bring out Chinese cuisine and satisfy them' and 'come and play to your heart's content', with many Chinese netizens using Chinese and English characters and various emojis to show their welcoming attitude. In this field, people cross different historical cultures, social systems, development paths, etc., and truly see each specific person. American netizen Abainsane greeted him with crooked handwritten Chinese: "I only translated with a translator, so please forgive me if the translation is not good." Chinese netizens commented and encouraged him: "Don't worry about the translator making mistakes, most of the time it is correct. Even if there are mistakes, we can understand. Let me show you my pet." As one American netizen said, "We may not have the same language, but kindness and love are the greatest languages of humanity." In communication and interaction, some stereotypes and absurd "filters" are self defeating. Chinese and American netizens deeply exchange life experiences, and "finely reconcile" clothing, food, housing, and transportation expenses: Is renting a house expensive in the United States? How much does it cost to receive medical insurance in China? What are the tuition fees for American universities and Chinese universities respectively... By browsing such exchanges, it can be found that such a level of "grassroots to grassroots" intensive Q&A breaks the information gap and changes inherent prejudices. "Thousands of Americans downloaded the Little Red Book, only to find that they had a pleasant interaction with millions of Chinese people, and inadvertently let the United States' unfriendly propaganda against China break the credit." This post on the X platform by an American netizen was highly praised. Whether Chinese and American netizens seek facial expression packs and jointly build English corners, or do math and English tests with each other, and more and more new friends reply to "Li Hua", in the cross-border cultural interaction between China and the United States staged by Little Red Book, both netizens return to the truth, that is, the people of the two countries have the same feelings about life, have a sincere desire for open cooperation, exchange and mutual learning, and are pursuing a better life. And this is precisely the key force driving the stable development of China US relations, because the foundation of China US relations is poured by the people, the door is opened by the people, the story is written by the people, and the future is created by the people. Leaving Xiaohongshu, there is a wider world. In the new international situation, China and the United States are deeply integrated in economic and trade exchanges, industry supply chain cooperation, scientific and technological education exchanges, and are indispensable in addressing global challenges such as artificial intelligence and international hot topics. In this context, the common interests of China and the United States have not decreased, but increased; The willingness of the two peoples to enhance understanding and deepen exchanges has not become weaker, but stronger. Both China and the United States are pursuing their own dreams and committed to providing a better life for their people. China and the United States share extensive common interests and broad cooperation space, and can become partners and friends, achieve mutual success, prosper together, benefit both countries, and benefit the world. At present, the goodwill released by netizens in China and the United States is still spreading, attracting more netizens from other countries to join. Some American media believe that a new friendship between China and the United States is sprouting on Chinese social media. You can take a look at the comments left by Chinese and American netizens on Xiaohongshu: "They want the two major powers in the world to be enemies, but we want to be friends." "You are not 'TikTok refugees', but explorers of China US relations. In fact, both inside and outside of Xiaohongshu, there are explorers of Sino US relations. The popularity of the Little Red Book is due to the simple feelings and strong will of the Chinese and American people for friendly exchanges. And this popular sentiment also points out the future direction of China US relations. (New Society)