Taiwan on Thursday announced an immediate one-year ban on the Chinese social media network Xiaohongshu, saying the app posed a risk of fraud. Taiwan's interior ministry said in a statement that it will block access to Xiaohongshu, also known in English as Rednote, calling it a potential "high-risk area for online shopping fraud." Authorities linked the platform to about 1,700 fraud cases that caused financial losses of over 247.7 million New Taiwan dollars ($7.9 million) since 2024, the