Copy to China

Short description: Referring to when a company in China copies the business model of a successful foreign company

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]

## List of C2C companies

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

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Renren,[5] Kaixin001[6] | Facebook |
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 | Twitter |
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 |
WeChat | Kakao Talk

## See also

* Shanzhai
* Software industry in China
* Internet in the People's Republic of China

## References

1. ↑ Commander, Simon (2005). The software industry in emerging markets. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 1-84542-247-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=hrfj3hXH76QC&pg=PA99. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
2. ↑ Harden, Leland; Heyman, Bob (2009). Digital Engagement: Internet Marketing That Captures Customers and Builds Intense Brand Loyalty. AMACOM American Management Association. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8144-1072-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=75GyZRRRZVkC&pg=PT74. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
3. ↑ "Chinese borrowing". http://www.financialexpress.com/news/chinese-borrowing/461410/. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
4. ↑ "Chinese borrowing". The Economist. 2009-05-07. http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13610943.
5. ↑ "Facebook's Foreign Clones". Forbes. 2008-06-12. https://www.forbes.com/2008/06/11/facebook-clones-foreign-tech-ebiz-cx_ag_0612facebook.html.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Eastday-BizTime: Imitator, with wisdom". Archived from the original on 2009-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20091213130548/http://english.eastday.com/e/ICS/u1a4795510.html. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
7. ↑ Farrar, Lara. "Hudong.com expands abroad". http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/20/content_9015012.htm. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
8. ↑ "Baidu Baike, Chinese Version Of Wikipedia, Is Going Strong Though Censored". http://www.spotlightingnews.com/article.php?news=2171. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
9. ↑ "'Chinese Wikipedia' offers social networking too". http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/304294/chinese_wikipedia_offers_social_networking_too.
10. ↑ Nystedt, Dan. "Baidu May Be Worst Wikipedia Copyright Violator". http://www.pcworld.com/article/135550/article.html. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
11. ↑ "After Baidu's boom, Sohu looks to ride the wave". http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sohu-looks-to-ride-beijing-wave-will-news-corp-limit-myspace. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
12. ↑ "Chinese Startup Clones Tumblr Pixel-For-Pixel". http://www.businessinsider.com/you-havent-arrived-until-a-chinese-startup-clones-you-pixel-for-pixel-2011-2. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
13. ↑ "ZhiHu: Quora clone, Made in China.". 25 January 2011. https://thenextweb.com/asia/2011/01/25/zhihu-quora-clone-made-in-china/. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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