Perhaps they were the ones who gave the little prayer book to my mother. A picture began to form. I can see my little-girl mom, walking hand-in-hand to shul with her bearded grandfather.

Xiaohongshu, or the “Little Red Book,” is a social shopping platform that has attracted celebrities such as Fan Bingbing and Kim Kardashian. Starting out as a place where users share reviews ...

The almost-all-Chinese content on Little Red Book has turned it into a parallel universe unknown to non-Chinese speakers. “How often a person uses Little Red Book depends on his level of Chinese,” ...