Li Ka-shing gives Disneyland tickets, RedNote’s challenge in US: SCMP’s 7 highlights

1. Trending off TikTok? US users going to RedNote face challenges, analysts say

Analysts are predicting that a recent surge of Americans flocking to the Chinese social media platform RedNote – also known as Xiaohongshu – could be short-lived, as users soon find its content regulations differ sharply from those on TikTok US.

2. ‘Please save my son’: Chinese families’ desperate appeals over Thai job scams

Sun Maoxing and wife Wang Weiju, both in their sixties, never expected their first trip outside China to involve a desperate search for their missing son. The exact location of their 32-year-old son Sun Baochao is currently unknown, with WeChat messages asking his parents for money their only recent communication. In a message last week he revealed he was in Thailand.

3. Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Foundation gives 4,200 Disneyland tickets to helpers

The Li Ka Shing Foundation is giving 4,200 domestic helpers in Hong Kong a free trip to the Disneyland Resort to thank them for their contributions to local families, prompting a flurry of requests for tickets.