Copy to China
Chinese company copying a western business
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |