Copy to China (C2C or C to C) refers to when a company in China copies the business model of a successful foreign company, especially web and other IT companies. Such companies have often been very successful, out-competing the foreign company on the Chinese market. The degree of copying varies, from simply offering a directly competing service to closely mimicking the look and feel and name as pronounced in Chinese. It is a common topic of discussion how the Chinese IT industry can move beyond simple copying and localization into more innovation. [1] [2] [3] [4]
These companies are famous examples of the Copy to China model. Many of them have evolved to more than a simple clone.
Chinese company | Similar to | Notes |
---|---|---|
Renren, [5] Kaixin001 [6] | ||
Youku, Tudou [6] | YouTube | |
Baidu Baike, Hudong [7] [8] [9] | Wikipedia | Wikipedia is non-profit, but Baidu Baike and Hudong are commercial, and there is a dispute over copyrights between Baidu Baike and Wikipedia. [10] |
Baidu Space [11] | MySpace | |
Fanfou, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo | ||
Diandian [12] | Tumblr | |
Zhihu [13] | Quora | |
Acfun, Bilibili | Niconico | |
Jianshu, 15yan | Medium | "Pixel level copy". Its creator is also a popular science site in China. |
SegmentFault | StackOverflow | |
Meituan | Groupon, Yelp, TripAdvisor | |
Kakao Talk |
Copy to China (C2C or C to C) refers to when a company in China copies the business model of a successful foreign company, especially web and other IT companies. Such companies have often been very successful, out-competing the foreign company on the Chinese market. The degree of copying varies, from simply offering a directly competing service to closely mimicking the look and feel and name as pronounced in Chinese. It is a common topic of discussion how the Chinese IT industry can move beyond simple copying and localization into more innovation. [1] [2] [3] [4]
These companies are famous examples of the Copy to China model. Many of them have evolved to more than a simple clone.
Chinese company | Similar to | Notes |
---|---|---|
Renren, [5] Kaixin001 [6] | ||
Youku, Tudou [6] | YouTube | |
Baidu Baike, Hudong [7] [8] [9] | Wikipedia | Wikipedia is non-profit, but Baidu Baike and Hudong are commercial, and there is a dispute over copyrights between Baidu Baike and Wikipedia. [10] |
Baidu Space [11] | MySpace | |
Fanfou, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo | ||
Diandian [12] | Tumblr | |
Zhihu [13] | Quora | |
Acfun, Bilibili | Niconico | |
Jianshu, 15yan | Medium | "Pixel level copy". Its creator is also a popular science site in China. |
SegmentFault | StackOverflow | |
Meituan | Groupon, Yelp, TripAdvisor | |
Kakao Talk |